An efficient local fundamental-mode cutoff for thermo-optic tunable Er 3+-doped fiber ring laser

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7250-7255

  Chen, Nan Kuang ^a   Chi, Sien ^a,b   Tseng, Shiao Min ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; POSITIVE IONS; RESONATORS;

FIBER RING LASER; OPTICAL POLYMER; SHORT-PASS FILTER; SIGNAL-ASE-RATIO;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 24944560165     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007250     Document Type: Article

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