Experimental and theoretical study of linewidth narrowing in Brillouin fiber ring lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 556-567

  Debut, Alexis ^a   Randoux, Stéphane ^a   Zemmouri, Jaouad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; PUMPING (LASER); RING LASERS;

PUMP FIELDS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0035607192     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000556     Document Type: Article

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