Transfer standard for the spectral density of relative intensity noise of optical fiber sources near 1550 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 750-761

  Obarski, Gregory E ^a   Splett, Jolene D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISES (RIN);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0035633926     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000750     Document Type: Article

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