Wavelength Switching of a Fiber Laser with a Sagnac Loop Reflector

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-62

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

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elliptical fiber; Laser tuning; Multiwavelength fiber laser; Optical fiber switch; Sagnac loop reflector

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CAVITY RESONATORS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FREQUENCIES; LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SWITCHING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ELLIPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER SWITCHES;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0346707365     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.818932     Document Type: Article

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