A CW, polarization-maintaining λ/4-shifted DFB Er-doped fiber laser at 1.54 μm

IEICE Electronics Express

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 251-257

  Suzuki, Akihito ^a   Takahashi, Youhei ^a   Yoshida, Masato ^a   Nakazawa, Masataka ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Erbium doped fiber; Optical fiber lasers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248362019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13492543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/elex.4.251     Document Type: Article

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