Switchable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with a multimode fiber Bragg grating and photonic crystal fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1088-1099

  Feng, Xinhuan ^a   Tam, Hwa Yaw ^a   Wai, P K A ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL); Four wave mixing (FWM); Multimode fiber Bragg grating (MM FBG); Photonic crystal fiber (PCF)

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; HIGHLY NONLINEAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; LASER CAVITY; MULTIWAVELENGTH ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STATES OF POLARIZATIONS; SWITCHABLE; WAVELENGTH SEPARATION; WAVELENGTH-SWITCHING;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ERBIUM; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MULTIMODE FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 33750515392     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.873355     Document Type: Article

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