Polarization-dependent locking in SOA harmonic mode-locked fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2404-2406

  Lam, Huy Quoc ^a   Shum, P ^a   Binh, Le Nguyen ^b   Gong, Y D ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Fiber laser; Mode lock; Polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER TUNING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT LOCKING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34147164776     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.886136     Document Type: Article

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