Extremum-seeking control of a mode-locked laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 852-861

  Brunton, Steven L ^a   Fu, Xing ^a   Kutz, J Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive control; extremum seeking control; feedback control; fiber laser; Mode locked laser; nonlinear polarization rotation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; ADAPTIVE CONTROLLERS; EXTREMUM SEEKING CONTROL; FIBER BIREFRINGENCE; MODE-LOCKED LASER; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PASSIVE MODE-LOCKING;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FIBER LASERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; POLARIZATION;

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

EID: 84884572369     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2013.2280181     Document Type: Article

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