Polarization controlled multi-wavelength Er-doped fiber laser using fiber Bragg grating written in few-mode side-hole fiber with an elliptical core

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5574-5579

  Moon, Dac Seung ^a   Pack, Un Chul ^a   Chung, Youngjoo ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

ELLIPTICAL CORE; LASING WAVELENGTHS; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS; SIDE-HOLE FIBERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 22744444090     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005574     Document Type: Article

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