Monolithic highly stable yb-doped femtosecond fiber lasers for applications in practical biophotonics

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1439-1450

  Liu, Xiaomin ^a   Lagsgaard, Jesper ^a   Turchinovich, Dmitry ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; laser stabilization; photonics crystal fibers; pulse compression; ultrafast lasers

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; BIO PHOTONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; FEMTOSECOND FIBER LASERS; GAIN MEDIUM; LASER CONTROL; LASER STABILIZATION; MODE-LOCKED LASER; MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPY; PHOTONICS CRYSTAL FIBERS; SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES; ULTRAFAST LASER SYSTEMS; YB-FIBER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBER LASERS; PHOTONICS; PULSE COMPRESSION; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; YTTERBIUM;

FIBERS;

EID: 84863666266     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2183580     Document Type: Review

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