Laser transmitter for undersea communications using third-harmonic generation of fiber-laser system at 1.5 μm

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1328-1330

  Polynkin, Pavel ^a   Roussev, Rostislav ^b   Fejer, M M ^b   Peyghambarian, N ^a   Moloney, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode locked fiber lasers; Nonlinear wavelength conversion; Optical undersea communications; Periodically poled crystals

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL LINKS;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASER; NONLINEAR WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; OPTICAL UNDERSEA COMMUNICATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 34548189255     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.902709     Document Type: Article

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