Nonlinear amplifying loop-mirror-based mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1254-1256

  Chernysheva, Maria A ^a   Krylov, Alexander A ^a   Kryukov, Petr G ^a   Dianov, Evgeny M ^a  

^a FIBER OPTICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Lasers and laser optics; optical fibers; short pulse formation; solitons

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION CONTROL; GROUP VELOCITIES; INTRACAVITIES; LASERS AND LASER OPTICS; MODE-LOCKED; NONLINEAR AMPLIFYING LOOP MIRRORS; OUTPUT POWER; SHORT PULSE; SILICA FIBERS;

FIBER LASERS; GERMANIUM; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS; SILICA; SOLITONS; THULIUM;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84862590423     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2201713     Document Type: Article

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