Tunable self-seeded multiwavelength Brillouin-Erbium fiber laser with enhanced power efficiency

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9731-9736

  Zhang, Zuxing ^a   Zhan, Li ^a   Xia, Yuxing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIREFRINGENCE; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ERBIUM; WAVELENGTH;

BIREFRINGENCE FILTERS; POWER DISTRIBUTION; POWER EFFICIENCY; SAGNAC LOOP FILTERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34547405383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009731     Document Type: Article

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