Broadly tunable fiber laser based on merged sagnac and intermodal interferences in few-mode high-birefringence fiber loop mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 766-768

  Sun, Guoyong ^a   Zhou, Yingwu ^b   Hu, Yihui ^a   Chung, Youngjoo ^c  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; Fiber loop mirror; High birefringence fiber (HBF); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE STEP; FIBER LOOP MIRROR; FIBER-RING LASERS; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE FIBER LOOP MIRROR; HIGH-BIREFRINGENCE FIBERS; LASING WAVELENGTH; LOOP MIRROR; OPERATION MECHANISM; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIOS; TUNABLE FIBER LASERS; TUNABLE FIBER RING LASER;

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLARIZATION; RING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 77951947830     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2044991     Document Type: Article

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