Modeling of a double-pass backward Er-doped superfluorescent fiber source for fiber-optic gyroscope applications

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2307-2315

  Wang, Lon A ^a   Su, C D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; GYROSCOPES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS;

FIBER-OPTIC GYROSCOPES (FOG); SUPERFLUORESCENT FIBER SOURCES (SFS);

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0033348081     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.803024     Document Type: Article

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