Novel multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber and Raman fiber ring lasers with continuous wavelength spacing tunability at room temperature

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2219-2225

  Han, Young Geun ^a   Lee, Ju Han ^b   Lee, Sang Bae ^c   Potì, Luca ^d   Bogoni, Antonella ^d  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d CNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multiwavelength erbium doped fiber (EDF) laser; Multiwavelength fiber laser; Multiwavelength Raman laser; Superimposed chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG); Wavelength spacing tunability

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION COMPENSATION; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVELENGTH;

CHIRP RATIO; MULTIWAVELENGTH FIBER; RAMAN AMPLIFIER; WAVELENGTH SPACING TUNABILITY;

RING LASERS;

EID: 34548175463     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.901341     Document Type: Article

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