166-mW single-frequency output power interactive fiber lasers with low noise

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-38

  Pan, J J ^a   Shi, Y ^a  

^a E TEK Dynamics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense wavelength division multiplexing; Erdoped fiber amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Fiber optics; Lightwave communications; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

LIGHTWAVE COMMUNICATIONS; MASTER-OSCILLATOR-AND-POWER-AMPLIFIER (MOPA) STRUCTURE; SIDE-MODE SUPPRESSION; WAVELENGTH TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032760540     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.736382     Document Type: Article

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