Wavelength-swept fiber laser with frequency shifted feedback and resonantly swept intra-cavity acoustooptic tunable filter

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1087-1096

  Yun, S H ^a,b   Richardson, D J ^a   Culverhouse, D O ^a   Kim, B Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustooptic filters; Acoustooptic modulation; Erbium materials devices; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber lasers

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL FILTERS;

RESONANTLY SWEPT INTRA-CAVITY ACOUSTOOPTIC TUNABLE FILTERS; WAVELENGTH SWEPT FIBER LASERS (WSFL);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031199068     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.649546     Document Type: Article

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