All-fiber Q-switched erbium-doped fiber ring laser using phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 945-951

  Cheng, X P ^a   Tse, C H ^a   Shum, P ^a   Wu, R F ^a   Tang, M ^a   Tan, W C ^b   Zhang, J ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fibers; Optical fiber lasers; Piezoelectric transducers; Q switched lasers

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; MIRRORS; PHASE SHIFT; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

CAVITY LOSS; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBERS; OSCILLATION WAVELENGTH; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH;

RING LASERS;

EID: 42649123015     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.917370     Document Type: Article

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