L-band efficient and wavelength-tunable Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped cladding-pumped fiber-ring laser based on fiber-loop mirror

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 892-895

  Fan, Yu ^a   Lu, Fuyun ^a   Zhang, Shumin ^a   Luo, Shaojun ^a   Wei, Dai ^a   Dong, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Er3+ yb3+ co doped fiber; Fiber bragg grating; Fiber loop mirror; L band; Wavelength tunable

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; MIRRORS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

CO-DOPED FIBER; FIBER-LOOP MIRROR; L-BAND; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE;

LASER TUNING;

EID: 33646231749     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21509     Document Type: Article

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