Widely tunable single-frequency erbium-doped fiber lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-187

  Chen, Hongxin ^a   Babin, F ^a   Leblanc, M ^a   Schinn, G W ^a  

^a EXFO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber (EDF); Fiber lasers; Tunable lasers

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ERBIUM; LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OSCILLATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER; FIBER RING CAVITY FILTER; GRATING FILTER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0037320789     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.806833     Document Type: Article

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