Wavelength stability characteristics of a high-power, amplified superfluorescent source

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1415-1422

  Dagenais, Dominique M ^a,b   Goldberg, Lew ^a   Moeller, Robert P ^a   Burns, William K ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SFA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ESTIMATION; FIBER LASERS; FLUORESCENCE; GYROSCOPES; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; STABILITY; YTTERBIUM;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODES; WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT; WAVELENGTH STABILITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033357368     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.779163     Document Type: Article

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