Harmonically mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser based on a Sb 2Te3 topological insulator saturable absorber

Laser Physics Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Sotor, J ^a   Sobon, G ^a   Macherzynski, W ^a   Abramski, K M ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

harmonic mode locking; mode locked fiber laser; topological insulators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898948269     PISSN: 16122011     EISSN: 1612202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1612-2011/11/5/055102     Document Type: Article

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