Characteristics of linearly polarized Yb-doped fiber laser in an all-fiber configuration

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 1664-1666

  Shirakawa, Akira ^a   Kamijo, Makoto ^a   Ota, Jun ^a   Ueda, Ken Ichi ^a   Mizuuchi, Kiminori ^b   Furuya, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamamoto, Kazuhisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Fiber laser; Linear polarizationpolarization maintaining (PM) fiber

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER RESONATORS; POLARIZATION; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; YTTERBIUM;

BRAGG WAVELENGTHS; SINGLE-POLARIZATION STATE;

FIBER LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

ALL FIBER; BIREFRINGENCE FIBERS; BIREFRINGENT FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; BRAGG WAVELENGTH; FAST AXIS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH-POWER; IN-FIBER; LINEAR POLARIZATION; LINEARLY POLARIZED; POLARIZATION STATE; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBERS; PRINCIPAL AXES; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; YB-DOPED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 35448930402     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.905060     Document Type: Article

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