A Q-switched, mode-locked fiber laser employing subharmonic cavity modulation

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 26627-26633

  Chang, You Min ^a   Lee, Junsu ^a   Lee, Ju Han ^a  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; Q SWITCHING;

CAVITY LOSS; ERBIUM DOPED; HIGH QUALITY; INTERMODE FREQUENCY; LASER CAVITY; MODE-LOCKED PULSE; Q-SWITCHED; REPETITION RATE; RING CAVITIES; SIMPLE APPROACH; SUBHARMONICS;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84555163593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.026627     Document Type: Article

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