Stability of short, single-mode erbium-doped fiber lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4999-5005

  Svalgaard, Mikael ^a,b   Gilbert, Sarah L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Fiber lasers; Frequency stability; Intensity noise; Relaxation oscillations

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FREQUENCY STABILITY; OPTICAL PUMPING; OSCILLATIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BRAGG GRATINGS; INTENSITY NOISE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031580265     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004999     Document Type: Article

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