Mode locked fiber lasers, past, present and future

CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO_SI 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fermann, Martin E ^a  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

FREQUENCY COMBS; LASER DESIGNS; PRECISION SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84890662916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2012.ctu1i.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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