Spectrum-, pulsewidth-, and wavelengthswitchable all-fiber mode-locked Yb laser with fiber based birefringent filter

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 17797-17805

  Fedotov, Y S ^a   Kobtsev, S M ^a   Arif, R N ^b   Rozhin, A G ^b   Mou, C ^b   Turitsyn, S K ^b  

^a NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBER; YTTERBIUM;

ALL FIBER; BIREFRINGENT FILTERS; LASER OUTPUT; MODE-LOCKED; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSEWIDTHS; SELECTIVE FILTERS; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; YB LASER;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84864621001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.017797     Document Type: Article

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