Multiwavelength generation in an erbium-doped fiber laser using in-fiber comb filters

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-62

  Chow, Jong ^a   Town, Graham ^a,b,e   Eggleton, Ben ^a   Ibsen, Morten ^c   Sugden, Kate ^d   Bennion, Ian ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; IN FIBER COMB FILTERS; MULTIWAVELENGTH LASER OPERATION;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FILTERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0029754197     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.475778     Document Type: Article

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