On the delayed self-heterodyne interferometric technique for determining the linewidth of fiber lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3923-3928

  Horak, Peter ^a   Loh, Wei H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETRY;

DELAYED SELF-HETERODYNE; INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL LINEWIDTH; SELF-HETERODYNE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 45549095694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003923     Document Type: Article

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