Stable multiwavelength dispersion-tuned actively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser using nonlinear polarization rotation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1451-1453

  Pan, Shilong ^a,b   Lou, Caiyun ^b  

^a IEEE   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mode locked lasers; Multiwavelength lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber lasers

Indexed keywords

MULTIWAVELENGTH LASERS; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION (NPR); SUPERMODE NOISE SUPPRESSION; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ERBIUM; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER TUNING; NOISE ABATEMENT; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33748323707     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.876763     Document Type: Article

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