Vector nature of multi-soliton patterns in a passively mode-locked figure-eight fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 11900-11911

  Ning, Qiu Yi ^a   Liu, Hao ^a   Zheng, Xu Wu ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Luo, Ai Ping ^a   Huang, Xu Guang ^a   Luo, Zhi Chao ^a   Xu, Wen Cheng ^a   Xu, Shan Hui ^b,c   Yang, Zhong Min ^b,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Fire Department of Guangdong Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; POLARIZATION; VECTORS;

CAVITY PARAMETERS; DYNAMIC PATTERNS; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; FUNDAMENTAL SOLITONS; NONLINEAR AMPLIFYING LOOP MIRRORS; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS; VECTOR SOLITON;

SOLITONS;

EID: 84901269053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.011900     Document Type: Article

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