Pulse width shaping of passively mode-locked soliton fiber laser via polarization control in carbon nanotube saturable absorber

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 27011-27016

  Jeong, Hwanseong ^a   Choi, Sun Young ^a   Rotermund, Fabian ^a   Yeom, Dong Il ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER LASERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; POLARIZATION; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; POLARIZATION CONTROL; Q-SWITCHING INSTABILITIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE SATURABLE ABSORBERS; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC MODES;

PULSE SHAPING;

EID: 84887470681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.027011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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