Dual Sagnac loop mirror SOA-based widely tunable dual-output port fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 14495-14501

  Ummy, M A ^a   Madamopoulos, N ^b   Lama, P ^b   Dorsinville, R ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b City College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MIRRORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

ADJUSTABILITY; DUAL OUTPUTS; OPTICAL POWER; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS; SAGNAC LOOP MIRROR; TUNABLE FILTERS; WAVELENGTH TUNABILITY; WIDELY TUNABLE;

LASER MIRRORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; LASER; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69049112899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.014495     Document Type: Article

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