Stitch-free widely tunable dual-channel fibre laser for use in a passive component analyser

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 262-267

  Baribault, R ^a   Chen, H ^a   He, G ^a   Babin, F ^a,b   Schinn, G W ^a  

^a EXFO   (Canada)

^b INO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC FUSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

OPTICAL OUTPUT; OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; WIDELY TUNABLE LASER SOURCE (WTLS);

LASER TUNING;

EID: 33750069143     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:20060037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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