Triple-wavelength switchable Erbium-doped fiber laser with cascaded asymmetric exposure long-period fiber gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3685-3691

  Yan, Ming ^a   Luo, Shouyu ^a   Zhan, Li ^a   Zhang, Zhiming ^b   Xia, Yuxing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

ANISOTROPIC TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASERS; FIBER GRATINGS; SWITCHABLE LASING LASER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34147136049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.003685     Document Type: Article

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