Bidirectional 10-GHz optical comb generation with an intracavity fiber DFB pumped brillouin/erbium fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 796-798

  Yamashita, Shinji ^a,b   Cowle, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IEEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bidirectional lasing; Brillouin scattering; Erbium fibers; Fiber DFB lasers; Multiwavelength lasing; Optical fiber lasers

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RING LASERS;

BIDIRECTIONAL LASING; MULTIWAVELENGTH LASING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032095316     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.681487     Document Type: Article

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