Channel-spacing-tunable multi-wavelength fiber ring laser with hybrid Raman and Erbiumdoped fiber gains

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 930-935

  Chen, Daru ^a   Qin, Shan ^a   He, Sailing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER LASERS; GAIN CONTROL; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER TUNING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER (EDF); FIBER RING LASERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL VARIABLE DELAY LINE (OVDL);

RING LASERS;

EID: 33846876135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000930     Document Type: Article

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