Sub-130 fs mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser based on topological insulator

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 13244-13249

  Sotor, Jaroslaw ^a   Sobon, Grzegorz ^a   Abramski, Krzysztof M ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANTIMONY TELLURIDE; ER-DOPED FIBER LASER; INTRA-CAVITY DISPERSION; MODULATION DEPTH; NON-SATURABLE LOSS; SIDE-POLISHED FIBER; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; ULTRASHORT OPTICAL PULSE;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84901818536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.013244     Document Type: Article

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