Modeling of polarization-mode competition in fiber DFB lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1559-1569

  Rønnekleiv, Erlend ^a,b   Zervas, Michael N ^a   Kringlebotn, Jon Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Optoplan AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

DFB lasers; Fiber lasers; Gain hole burning; Laser mode competition

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FARADAY EFFECT; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT GAIN HOLE BURNING; POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT GRATING NONUNIFORMITY EFFECTS; POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT GRATING STRENGTH;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0032163737     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.709571     Document Type: Article

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