High repetition-rate narrow bandwidth SESAM mode-locked Yb-doped fiber lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 539-541

  Liu, Jiang ^a   Xu, Jia ^a   Wang, Pu ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

High repetition rate; narrow bandwidth; passively mode locked; Yb doped fiber

Indexed keywords

CENTER WAVELENGTH; HIGH REPETITION-RATE; INCIDENT PUMP POWER; LINEAR CAVITY; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MODE-LOCKED; NARROW BANDWIDTH; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PULSEWIDTHS; REPETITION RATE; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; TIME-BANDWIDTH PRODUCTS; YB-DOPED FIBER LASERS; YB-DOPED FIBERS;

BANDWIDTH; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS; YTTERBIUM;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84863253504     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2181992     Document Type: Article

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