Novel multiwavelength L-band Brillouin-Erbium fiber laser utilizing double-pass Brillouin pump preamplified technique

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 415-421

  Al Mansoori, Mohammed Hayder ^a   Mahdi, Mohd Adzir ^b   Premaratne, Malin ^c  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Erbium; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber lasers

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN PUMPS; BRILLOUIN-ERBIUM FIBER LASERS; CAVITY MODES; DOUBLE PASS; DOUBLE-PASS AMPLIFICATIONS; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER GAINS; GAIN MEDIUMS; HIGH INTENSITIES; HIGH-POWER LASERS; LASER CAVITIES; LASER STRUCTURES; LOW THRESHOLDS; MULTI WAVELENGTHS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPTICAL FIBER LASERS; PREAMPLIFICATION; PUMP POWER; PUMPING POWER;

AMPLIFICATION; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ERBIUM; FIBERS; LASER RESONATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); ULTRASONICS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 64549136186     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010411     Document Type: Article

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