4 × 10 GHz Mode-Locked Multiple-Wavelength Fiber Laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-53

  Lou, J W ^a   Carruthers, T F ^a   Currie, M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode locked lasers; Optical fiber lasers; Pulsed lasers

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER TUNING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTODETECTORS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL PULSES; PHOTONIC MICROWAVE SYSTEMS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0346076694     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.818902     Document Type: Article

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