Multiwavelength dissipative-soliton generation in Yb-fiber laser using graphene-deposited fiber-taper

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1539-1542

  Luo, Zhengqian ^a   Huang, Yizhong ^a   Wang, Jinzhang ^a   Cheng, Huihui ^a   Cai, Zhiping ^a   Ye, Chenchun ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dissipative soliton (DS); fiber laser; graphene; multiwavelength; tapered fiber

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATIVE SOLITONS; EVANESCENT FIELDS; MODELOCKING; MULTIWAVELENGTH; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION EVOLUTION; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SPECTRAL FILTERING; TAPERED FIBER; TRIPLE WAVELENGTHS; YB FIBER LASERS; YTTERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS;

FIBER LASERS; SOLITONS; YTTERBIUM;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84865203484     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2208100     Document Type: Article

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