Simultaneous switching of the Q-value and operation wavelength in an erbium-doped fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 480-482

  Barmenkov, Yuri O ^a   Kir'yanov, Alexander V ^a   Zalvidea, Dobryna ^b   Torres Peiró, Salvador ^b   Cruz, Jose L ^b   Andrés, Miguel V ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber laser (EFL); Q switching; Wavelength switching

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; Q SWITCHING; WAVELENGTH;

WAVELENGTH SWITCHING;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34047209105     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.893571     Document Type: Article

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