Integrated external cavity for tunable devices

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1205-1207

  Cameron, R ^a,b   McGreer, K A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b TRLabs   (Canada)

^c IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FABRICATION; FIBER LASERS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT; LOSSES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RING LASERS; WAVEGUIDE ISOLATORS;

CONCAVE GRATING; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER RING LASERS; GRATING LOSSES; INTEGRATED EXTERNAL CAVITY; PLANAR WAVEGUIDE; PUMP LIGHT; TUNABLE DEVICES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0030243213     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.531837     Document Type: Article

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