Self-starting passive mode-locked fibre ring laser exploiting non-linear polarisation switching

Nonlinear birefringence effects in an all-fibre ring laser cavity have been exploited to produce self-starting passive mode-locking with pulse durations lying in the nanosecond region.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Matsas, V.J (Author), Newson, T.P (Author), Zervas, M.N (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1992-08-15.
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