Effects of active fiber length on the tunability of erbium-doped fiber ring lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 3622-3627

  Dong, Xinyong ^a   Shum, P ^a   Ngo, N Q ^a   Chan, C C ^a   Guan, Bai Ou ^b   Tam, Hwa Yaw ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; LASER TUNING;

FABRY PEROT FILTERS; FIBER OPTICS AMPLIFIERS; FIBER OPTICS OSCILLATORS; FREE SPECTRAL RANGE;

RING LASERS;

EID: 2942744470     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.003622     Document Type: Article

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