Tunable fiber laser using a broad-band fiber mirror and a tunable FBG as laser-cavity ends

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 520-527

  Liaw, Shien Kuei ^a   Jhong, Guo Sing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Broad band fiber mirror (BFM); Fiber Bragg grating; Optics communication; Side mode suppression ratio (SMSR); Tunable fiber laser

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD PUMPS; BROAD-BAND FIBER MIRROR (BFM); ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS; FIBER SENSING; IN FIBERS; LASER CAVITIES; OPTICS COMMUNICATION; OUTPUT POWER; POWER VARIATIONS; PUMP POWER; PUMP SOURCES; SIDE-MODE SUPPRESSION RATIO (SMSR); STEP RESOLUTIONS; THRESHOLD PUMP POWER; TUNABLE FIBER LASER; WAVELENGTH-TUNABLE; WAVELENGTH-TUNING RANGES;

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LASERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PUMPS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 55349113006     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2008.917783     Document Type: Article

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