Pulse generation without gain-bandwidth limitation in a laser with self-similar evolution

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 14213-14220

  Chong, A ^a   Liu, H ^a   Nie, B ^b   Bale, B G ^c   Wabnitz, S ^d   Renninger, W H ^a   Dantus, M ^b   Wise, F W ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER LASERS; PULSE GENERATORS;

GAIN BANDWIDTH; GAIN MEDIUM; MODELOCKING; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE GENERATION; SELF-SIMILAR;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84863740145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.014213     Document Type: Article

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