On the mode-locking mechanism of a dissipative-soliton fiber oscillator

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 26742-26751

  Lecaplain, C ^a   Baumgartl, M ^b   Schreiber, T ^c   Hideur, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SOLITONS;

AVERAGE POWER; CHIRPED PULSE; ENERGY SCALING; GAIN BANDWIDTH; HIGH CONTRAST; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH ENERGY PULSE; MODE-LOCKING TECHNIQUES; MODELOCKING; NORMAL DISPERSION; OUTPUT PULSE; REPETITION RATE; ROADMAP; SPECTRAL FILTERING;

PULSE GENERATORS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; OSCILLOMETRY;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; OSCILLOMETRY;

EID: 84555169055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.026742     Document Type: Article

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