Smooth pulse generation by a Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 480-483

  Kolpakov, Stanislav A ^a   Barmenkov, Yuri O ^b   Kir'Yanov, Alexander ^b,c   Escalante Zarate, Luis ^b   Cruz, Jose Luis ^a   Andres, Miguel V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber laser; giant pulse shape; Q switch

Indexed keywords

CAVITY DESIGN; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; GIANT PULSE; PEAK POWER; PULSE GENERATION; Q-SWITCHED; Q-SWITCHES; TEMPORAL SHAPE;

PULSE GENERATORS; Q SWITCHING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84873639430     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2013.2241048     Document Type: Article

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