Analysis and design of Q-switched erbium-doped fiber lasers and their application to OTDR

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1506-1511

  Adachi, Shoji ^a   Koyamada, Yahei ^a,b  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber lasers; Optical time domain reflectometers (OTDR); Q switched lasers; Traveling wave model

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; REFLECTOMETERS; RING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ACOUSTOOPTIC SWITCH; DELAY LINE FIBER; DISPERSION-SHIFTED SINGLE-MODE FIBER; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASER; OPTICAL ISOLATOR; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER; POPULATION INVERSION DENSITY; TRAVELING WAVE ANALYTICAL MODEL;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0036705478     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.800293     Document Type: Article

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