Theory and design of a simple tunable Sagnac loop filter for multiwavelength fiber lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 5242-5252

  Mirza, Mohammad Aleem ^a   Stewart, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER LASERS; RING LASERS;

BIREFRINGENT AXES; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; MULTI WAVELENGTH FIBER LASER; MULTIWAVELENGTH ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS; ORIENTATION ANGLES; SAGNAC LOOP FILTER; THEORY AND DESIGNS; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

LASER THEORY;

EID: 60749132540     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.005242     Document Type: Article

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