Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser employing cavity loss modulation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1314-1316

  Feng, Xinhuan ^a   Tam, Hwa Yaw ^b   Lu, Chao ^b   Wai, P K A ^b   Guan, Baiout ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber lasers (EDFLs); Loss modulation; Multiwavelength fiber lasers; Polarization dependent loss (PDL)

Indexed keywords

CAVITY LOSS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS (EDFLS); HOMOGENEOUS GAIN BROADENING; LASING OPERATION; MODE COMPETITION; MULTIWAVELENGTH ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS; MULTIWAVELENGTH FIBER LASERS; MULTIWAVELENGTH LASING; OUTPUT POWER; POLARIZATION SCRAMBLER; POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT LOSS (PDL); POWER FLUCTUATIONS; WAVELENGTH SPACING;

ERBIUM; FIBERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; RING LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 70349436088     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2026433     Document Type: Article

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