Q-switched mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser based on topological insulator Bi2Se3deposited fiber taper

Applied Optics

Volumn , Issue 23, 2014, Pages 5117-5122

  Gao, Lei ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Jing Dong ^a   Zhu, Tao ^a   Zhang, Han ^b   Zhao, Chu Jun ^b   Zhang, Wei ^c   Zhang, Hua ^c  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ERBIUM; EVANESCENT FIELDS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHING; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

DAMAGE THRESHOLD; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; FIBER TAPER; LASER-BASED; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; PUMP POWER; SATURATION INTENSITY; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

BISMUTH; ERBIUM; SELENIUM;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLID STATE LASER;

BISMUTH; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ERBIUM; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; SELENIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84906510359     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.53.005117     Document Type: Article

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