Wavelength tunability of a coupler and air-gap etalon controlled high-efficiency L-band mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2233-2235

  Lin, Gong Ru ^a   Lu, Hai Han ^b   Chang, Jun Yuan ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air gap etalon; Erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL); L band; Mode locking; Tunable ratio coupler; Wavelength tunable

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAP ETALON; AIR-GAPS; BAND MODES; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE;

ERBIUM; ETALONS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; WAVELENGTH;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 35648948105     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.884272     Document Type: Article

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