Characterization of 45°-tilted fiber grating and its polarization function in fiber ring laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1905-1911

  Mou, Chengbo ^a   Zhou, Kaiming ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Bennion, Ian ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; RING LASERS;

FIBER-RING LASERS; INTRACAVITIES; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; POLARIZATION EXTINCTION RATIO; POLARIZATION FUNCTIONS; SINGLE POLARIZATION; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TILTED FIBER GRATINGS;

FIBERS;

EID: 70349666669     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.001905     Document Type: Article

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