Supercontinuum generation with GHz repetition rate femtosecond-pulse fiber-amplified VECSELs

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 464-467

  Head, Christopher Robin ^a   Chan, Ho Yin ^a   Feehan, James S ^a   Shepherd, David P ^a   Alam, Shaif Ul ^a   Tropper, Anne C ^a   Price, Jonathan H V ^a   Wilcox, Keith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber amplifiers; GHz repetition rate; supercontinuum generation; vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL)

Indexed keywords

ALL-NORMAL DISPERSIONS; AVERAGE POWER; HIGH THROUGHPUT; MODE-LOCKED; REPETITION RATE; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; SUPER CONTINUUM; TRANSMISSION GRATINGS; VECSEL; VERTICAL EXTERNAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER; YTTERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; ZERO-DISPERSION WAVELENGTH;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

EID: 84873684808     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2013.2241420     Document Type: Article

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