Wavelength sweep of intracavity fiber laser for low concentration gas detection

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1515-1517

  Liu, Kun ^a   Jing, Wencai C ^a,b   Peng, Gangding ^b   Zhang, Jianzhong ^c   Wang, Yan ^a   Liu, Tiegen ^a   Jia, Dagong ^a   Zhang, Hongxia ^a   Zhang, Yimo M ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas detection; Optical fiber laser; Spectrum analysis; Wavelength measurement

Indexed keywords

GAS DETECTION; INTRA CAVITIES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; SWEEP TECHNIQUES; WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT;

FIBERS; GAS ABSORPTION; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 65349112098     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.928526     Document Type: Article

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