40GHz optical-millimetre wave generation with a dual polarisation distributed feedback fibre laser

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 594-595

  Loh, W H ^a   De Sandro, J P ^a   Cowle, G J ^a   Samson, B N ^a   Ellis, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre lasers

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ERBIUM; HARMONIC GENERATION; HETERODYNING; LASER MODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVE GENERATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031102602     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970371     Document Type: Article

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