Electrically tunable Yb-doped fiber laser based on a liquid crystal photonic bandgap fiber device

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 8229-8238

  Olausson, Christina B ^a,b   Scolari, Lara ^b   Wei, Lei ^b   Noordegraaf, Danny ^a,b   Weirich, Johannes ^b   Alkeskjold, Thomas T ^a   Hansen, Kim P ^a   Bjarklev, Anders ^b  

^a NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY GAP; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBERS; FILTRATION; LASER RESONATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; YTTERBIUM;

ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE; FEED THROUGH; LASER CAVITY; SINGLE MODE; TUNABILITIES; WAVELENGTH FILTERING; YB-DOPED FIBER LASERS; YTTERBIUM-DOPED;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

EID: 77950946195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.008229     Document Type: Article

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