A Novel Configuration for Multiwavelength Actively Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Using Cascaded Fiber Bragg Gratings

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-181

  Li, Shenping ^a   Chan, Kam Tai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings; Fiber ring lasers; Mode locking; Multiwavelength pulses

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; RING LASERS;

CASCADED FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MULTIWAVELENGTH FIBER LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0033079505     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.740696     Document Type: Article

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