Fiber laser thermally tunable by a filter composed of two Sagnac interferometers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-55

  Huixtlaca Cuatecatl, Isaac ^a   Beltrán Pérez, Georgina ^a   Castillo Mixcóatl, Juan ^a   Muñoz Aguirre, Severino ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fiber optic laser; Sagnac interferometer; Tunable filter

Indexed keywords

ALL-FIBER LASERS; BANDWIDTH REDUCTIONS; EMISSION LINES; FIBER OPTIC LASERS; GAIN SPECTRA; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE FIBERS; LASER EMISSION; LASER SYSTEMS; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; SINGLE TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION PEAKS; TUNABLE FILTERS; TUNABLE LASER SOURCES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

ERBIUM; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASERS; MULTIPLEXING; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

FIBERS;

EID: 68949193342     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.910449     Document Type: Article

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