Ultrafast fibre laser sources: Examples of recent developments

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 666-677

  Zhang, M ^a   Kelleher, E J R ^a   Popov, S V ^a   Taylor, J R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mode locked fiber lasers

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBER LASERS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

COUPLED CAVITY; DUAL WAVELENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGH REPETITION RATE; LASER SOURCES; LAYERED MATERIAL; SPECTRAL MASKING; ULTRA-FAST;

FIBERS;

EID: 84911002053     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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