Nonlinear switching in a two-concentric-core chalcogenide glass optical fiber for passively mode-locking a fiber laser

Optics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4675-4678

  Nazemosadat, Elham ^a   Mafi, Arash ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LOCKS (FASTENERS); NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

ALL FIBER; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; FABRICATION ERRORS; FIBER STRUCTURES; MODE-LOCKING FIBER LASER; NONLINEAR SWITCHING; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKING;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84906096712     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.004675     Document Type: Article

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