Very simple method to stabilise modelocked erbium fibre lasers

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1015-1016

  Shan, X ^a   Widdowson, T ^b   Ellis, A D ^b   Siddiqui, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre lasers; Laser modelocking

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; FREQUENCIES; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RING LASERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

BIT ERROR RATE MEASUREMENT; LASER RELAXATION OSCILLATION; MODELOCKED ERBIUM FIBER LASER; OPTICAL CLOCK RECOVERY; REGENERATION SYSTEM;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0030149886     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960685     Document Type: Article

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