Multiwavelength-Switchable SOA-Fiber Ring Laser Based on Polarization-Maintaining Fiber Loop Mirror and Polarization Beam Splitter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-56

  Lee, Yong Wook ^a   Jung, Jaehoon ^b   Lee, Byoungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Multiwavelength; Polarization beam splitter (PBS); Polarization maintaining fiber (PMF); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Switching

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MIRRORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OSCILLATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFLECTION; WAVEGUIDE CIRCULATORS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS (PBS); POLARIZATION MAINTAINING FIBERS (PMF);

RING LASERS;

EID: 0347968116     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.819414     Document Type: Article

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