Widely tunable S-band fiber-ring lasers and broadband amplified spontaneous emission sources with thulium-doped fluoride fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1629-1634

  Chen, H ^a   Babin, F ^a   Leblanc, M ^a   He, G ^a   Schinn, G W ^a  

^a EXFO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission; Thulium doped optical fiber amplifier; Tunable fiber ring laser

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THULIUM;

FIBER RING LASERS; MULTILONGITUDINAL-MODE OPERATION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION SOURCES; THULIUM DOPED FLUORIDE FIBERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0041886525     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.814931     Document Type: Article

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