Dual-wavelength harmonically mode-locked fiber laser with topological insulator saturable absorber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 983-986

  Liu, Meng ^a   Zhao, Nian ^a   Liu, Hao ^a   Zheng, Xu Wu ^a   Luo, Ai Ping ^a   Luo, Zhi Chao ^a   Xu, Wen Cheng ^a   Zhao, Chu Jun ^b   Zhang, Han ^b   Wen, Shuang Chun ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; multiwavelength; passive mode locking; topological insulator

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FIBER LASERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; HARMONIC MODE LOCKING; MULTIWAVELENGTH; NONLINEAR PHOTONICS; PASSIVE MODE-LOCKING; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SWITCHABLE OPERATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 84899866590     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2014.2311101     Document Type: Article

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