Mode-locked pulse generation from an allfiberized, Tm-Ho-codoped fiber laser incorporating a graphene oxide-deposited sidepolished fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 20062-20072

  Jung, Minwan ^a   Koo, Joonhoi ^a   Park, Jaehyun ^b   Song, Yong Won ^b   Jhon, Young Min ^b   Lee, Kwanil ^b   Lee, Sangbae ^b   Lee, Ju Han ^a  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBER LASERS; GOLD DEPOSITS; GRAPHENE; LOCKS (FASTENERS); PULSE GENERATORS; RING LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLITONS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; HIGHER-ORDER SOLITONS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; SATURABLE ABSORPTION;

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EID: 84883218395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.020062     Document Type: Article

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