Q-switching of an all-fiber laser by acousto-optic modulation of a fiber Bragg grating

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1106-1112

  Delgado Pinar, M ^a   Zalvidea, D ^b   Diez A ^a   Perez Millan P ^a   Andres M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BRAGG CELLS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; Q SWITCHING;

ALL-FIBER LASER; EFFECTIVE INDEX PROFILE; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER; EXTENSIONAL ACOUSTIC WAVE;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 32644451043     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001106     Document Type: Article

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