Experimental observation of vector solitons in a highly birefringent cavity of ytterbium-doped fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 23866-23872

  Yuan, Xiaozhi ^a,b   Yang, Tong ^a,b   Chen, Jiali ^a,b   He, Xin ^a,b   Huang, Huichang ^a,b   Xu, Shanhui ^a,b   Yang, Zhongmin ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Spec Glass Fiber and Device Eng Technology Research and Development Center of Guangdong Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VECTOR SOLITON; YTTERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS;

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER LASERS; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBER; YTTERBIUM;

SOLITONS;

EID: 84885446486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.023866     Document Type: Article

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