Multiwavelength fiber laser using a Sagnac loop filter

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 200-202

  Das, Gautam ^a   Lit, John W Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elliptical fiber; Laser tuning; Multiwavelength fiber laser; Polarization dependent gain; Sagnac loop filter

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

SAGNAC INTERFEROMETERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0037419963     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.10719     Document Type: Article

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