Dual-stage superfluorescent fiber source with 1.16-W output power centered at 1561 nm

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Chen, Sheng Ping ^a   Li, Yi Gang ^a   Zhu, Jian Ping ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Lu, Ke Chung ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dual stage; Erbium ytterbium codoped fiber; Optical coherence tomography; Rayleigh backscattering; Superfluorescent fiber source (SFS)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BANDWIDTH; COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ERBIUM-YTTERBIUM-CODOPED FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RAYLEIGH BACKSCATTERING; SUPERFLUORESCENT FIBER SOURCE (SFS);

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 33748586806     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2202643     Document Type: Article

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