Spacing-adjustable multi-wavelength source from a stimulated Brillouin scattering assisted erbium-doped fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2618-2624

  Fok, Mable P ^a   Shu, Chester ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; MIRRORS; OSCILLATIONS; WAVE FILTERS;

COMB SPACING; EXTERNAL BRILLOUIN PUMP; MULTI-WAVELENGTH SOURCE; ROOM-TEMPERATURE OPERATION; SPACING-ADJUSTABLE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33645518282     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.002618     Document Type: Article

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