Investigation of room-temperature multiwavelength fiber-ring laser that incorporates an SOA-based phase modulator in the laser cavity

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2484-2490

  Yao, Jian ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a   Deng, Zhichao ^a   Liu, Jian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber (EDF); Fiber laser; Homogeneous line broadening; Multiwavelength; Phase modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LASER OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER (EDF); FIBER-RING LASER; HOMOGENEOUS LINE BROADENING; LASER CAVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA);

RING LASERS;

EID: 24744438856     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.850818     Document Type: Article

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