Q-switch modulator as a pulse shaper in Q-switched fiber lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-314

  Escalante Zarate, Luis ^a   Barmenkov, Yuri O ^a   Cruz, José L ^b   Andres, Miguel V ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active Q switch; erbium doped fiber laser; self mode lock

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE Q-SWITCH; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; OPERATION REGIME; PULSE SHAPER; Q-SWITCHED FIBER LASERS; Q-SWITCHES; SELF-MODE-LOCK;

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; SWITCHING FUNCTIONS;

Q SWITCHING;

EID: 84856419448     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2178822     Document Type: Article

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