Tunable multi-wavelength fiber lasers based on an Opto-VLSI processor and optical amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 23123-23129

  Xiao, Feng ^a   Alameh, Kamal ^a   Lee, Yong Tak ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; VLSI CIRCUITS;

LASER LINE-WIDTH; MULTI WAVELENGTH FIBER LASER; MULTI-WAVELENGTHS; OPTO-VLSI PROCESSORS; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT WAVELENGTHS; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIOS; TUNABLE FIBER LASERS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 72049132673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.023123     Document Type: Article

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