Highly stable tunable dual-wavelength Q-switched fiber laser for DIAL applications

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1277-1279

  Sharma, Utkarsh ^a   Kim, Chang Seok ^a   Kang, Jin U ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric measurements; Erbium doped fiber (EDF); Optical fiber lasers; Q switched laser; Tunable laser

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL RADAR; Q SWITCHED LASERS; TEMPERATURE;

DISCRETE TUNING; LONGITUDINAL MODE OPERATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 2442419751     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.825991     Document Type: Article

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