Polarization-stable and single-frequency fiber lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 661-668

  Takushima, Yuichi ^a,c,d,e   Yamashita, Shinji ^a,d,e,f   Kikuchi, Kazuro ^a,b,c   Hotate, Kazuo ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b OSA ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CW lasers; Fabry Perot resonators; Faraday effect; Optical fiber lasers; Optical fiber polarization

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ETALONS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FARADAY EFFECT; LASER MODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OSCILLATIONS;

FABRY PEROT RESONATORS; FARADAY ROTATOR MIRRORS (FRM); NON POLARIZATION MAINTAINING ERBIUM DOPED AMPLIFIERS (EFA); POLARIZATION STABLE/SINGLE FREQUENCY FIBER LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032045597     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.664080     Document Type: Article

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