Optically switched erbium fiber laser using a tunable fiber-Bragg grating

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7580, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Williams, Robert J ^a   Jovanovic, Nemanja ^a   Marshall, Graham D ^a   Withford, Michael J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

All fiber; Femtosecond direct writing; Fiber Bragg grating; Fiber lasers; Optical switching; Q switched

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SYSTEMS; ACTIVELY Q-SWITCHED; ALL FIBER; ALL-OPTICAL; BRAGG WAVELENGTH; CURRENT TECHNIQUES; ERBIUM FIBER LASERS; FEMTOSECOND DIRECT WRITING; FIBRE LASERS; GRATING TUNING; LASER WAVELENGTH; OFF-RESONANCE; OPTICAL SWITCHING; OPTICAL TUNING; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION-SELECTIVITY; Q-SWITCHED; REPETITION RATE; SWITCHING APPLICATIONS; SWITCHING SPEED; TIME-SCALES; WAVELENGTH TUNABILITY;

ERBIUM; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PUMPS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; REFLECTION; TUNING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 77951808783     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.839450     Document Type: Conference Paper

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