Multifrequency erbium-doped fiber laser operating at room temperature

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5617-5621

  Zhou, Kejiang ^a   Ngo, Quoc Nam ^b   Zhang, Xulin ^a   Jin, Zhonghe ^a   Zhou, Dongyun ^c   Liu, Duan ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SPRINT NEXTEL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHASE MODULATION; WAVELENGTH;

FIBER PHASE MODULATORS; LINEAR LASER CAVITY; MULTIFREQUENCY ERBIUM; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 35948998481     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.005617     Document Type: Article

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