Polarization-dependent effects in point-by-point Fiber Bragg gratings enable simple, linearly polarized Fiber lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6082-6095

  Jovanovic, Nemanja ^a   Thomas, Jens ^b   Williams, Robert J ^a   Steel, M J ^a   Marshall, Graham D ^a   Fuerbach, Alexander ^a   Nolte, Stefan ^b   Tünnermann, Andreas ^b   Withford, Michael J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATIONS; EFFECTIVE MODAL INDEX; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE FEEDBACK; HIGH EXTINCTION RATIOS; LINEARLY POLARIZED; LOW BIREFRINGENCE; POLARIZATION DISCRIMINATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX MODULATION;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; LINEAR MODELS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65149083415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006082     Document Type: Article

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