Demonstration of a 3 mW threshold Er-doped random fiber laser based on a unique fiber Bragg grating

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 19067-19074

  Gagné, Mathieu ^a   Kashyap, Raman ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Advanced Photonics Concepts Laboratory Department of Engineering Physics   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; ERBIUM; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; PUMPING (LASER);

ER-DOPED FIBERS; GRATING FABRICATION; LIGHT LOCALIZATION; LOW THRESHOLDS; RANDOM FIBERS; RANDOM LASERS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SINGLE MODE OPERATION;

FIBERS;

EID: 70350340446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.019067     Document Type: Article

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