Wavelength-tunable, passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber master-oscillator incorporating a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-129

  Vazquez Zuniga, Luis A ^a   Jeong, Yoonchan ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erbium fiber lasers; Mode locked lasers; Picosecond pulses; Semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; ERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; ERBIUM FIBER LASERS; MODE-LOCKED LASER; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; PICO-SECOND PULSE; Q-SWITCHING INSTABILITIES;

FIBER LASERS; LASER MIRRORS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS;

EID: 84877843259     PISSN: 12264776     EISSN: 20936885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3807/JOSK.2013.17.2.117     Document Type: Article

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