Narrow linewidth, tunable Tm3+-doped fluoride fiber laser for optical-based hydrocarbon gas sensing

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1103-1110

  McAleavey, Fergal J ^a,b,d   O'Gorman, James ^a   Donegan, John F ^a   MacCraith, Brian D ^b   Hegarty, John ^a   Mazé, Gwenael ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c Campus Ker Lann ^*  (France)

^d OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback lasers; Gas detectors; Infrared spectroscopy; Laser applications; Laser tuning; Optical fiber lasers; Rare earth materials devices; Thulium materials devices

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER TUNING;

THULIUM DOPED FIBER LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031199407     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.649549     Document Type: Article

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