A wavelength-switchable single-longitudinal-mode dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser for switehable microwave generation

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 5414-5419

  Pan, Shilong ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; FIBER LASERS; POLARIZATION;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; ERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; FABRY-PEROT FILTERS; POLARIZATION HOLE BURNING; POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXING; POLARIZATION STATE; SINGLE LONGITUDINAL MODE; WAVELENGTH-SWITCHING;

ERBIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLID STATE LASER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MICROWAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 65249146607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.005414     Document Type: Article

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