Tunable multiwavelength fiber laser employing a comb filter based on a polarization-diversity loop configuration

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1805-1811

  Yoon, Ilyong ^a   Lee, Yong Wook ^b   Jung, Jaehoon ^c   Lee, Byoungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multiwavelength fiber laser; Polarization diversity loop configuration (PDLC); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COMB FILTER; MULTIWAVELENGTH FIBER LASER; POLARIZATION-DIVERSITY LOOP CONFIGURATION (PDLC); SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); STATE OF POLARIZATION (SOP); TUNABLE MULTIWAVELENGTH;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33645820032     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.871013     Document Type: Article

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