Polarization-stable Er-doped superfluorescent fiber source including a faraday rotator mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1465-1467

  Falquier, D G ^a   Digonnet, M J F ^a   Shaw, H J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ERBIUM; FIBER OPTICS; GYROSCOPES; MIRRORS;

FARADAY ROTATOR MIRROR; FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE; SUPERFLUORESCENT FIBER SOURCE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0034314011     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.887672     Document Type: Article

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