Tunable Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser based on digital micro-mirror array

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5356-5364

  Shin, Woojin ^a   Yu, Bong Ahn ^a   Lee, Yeung Lak ^a   Yu, Tae Jun ^a   Eom, Tae Joong ^a   Noh, Young Chul ^a   Lee, Jongmin ^a   Ko, Do Kyeong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS;

DIGITAL MICRO-MIRROR ARRAY; MICRO-MIRROR ARRAY DEVICE; Q-SWITCHED ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASER; SPATIAL MODULATION;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 33745125440     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005356     Document Type: Article

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