Polarization rotation vector solitons in a graphene mode-locked fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 27283-27289

  Song, Yu Feng ^a   Zhang, Han ^a   Tang, Ding Yuan ^a   Shen, De Yuan ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER; EXTRA SETS; FORMATION MECHANISM; KELLY SIDEBANDS; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; POLARIZATION ROTATING; POLARIZATION ROTATION; SPECTRAL SIDEBANDS; VECTOR SOLITON;

FIBER LASERS; GRAPHENE; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; POLARIZATION; VECTORS;

SOLITONS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; LASER; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84870624896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.027283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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