Effect of adding a long period grating in a double-pas backward Er-doped superfluorescent fiber source

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1896-1903

  Su, C D ^a   Wang, L A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; LIGHT SOURCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFLECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DOUBLE PASS BACKWARD; LONG PERIOD GRATING; SPECTRUM BROADENING; SUPERFLUORESCENT FIBER SOURCE;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0033315530     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.793773     Document Type: Article

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