Highly narrow linewidth, CW, all-fiber oscillator with a switchable linear polarization

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 809-811

  Jovanovic, N ^a   Marshall, G D ^a   Fuerbach, A ^a   Town, G E ^a   Bennetts, S ^b   Lancaster, David G ^b   Withford, M J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bragg scattering; Laser resonators; Optical fiber lasers; Optical fiber polarization

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; LASER RESONATORS; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ALL-FIBER OSCILLATOR; LASER LINEWIDTH;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 43449101475     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.921111     Document Type: Article

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