Multiple four-wave-mixing processes and their application to multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2876-2885

  Xu, Xiaochuan ^a   Yao, Yong ^a   Zhao, Xinhui ^a   Chen, Deying ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber (EDF); fiber laser; multiple four wave mixing (FWM)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EXCHANGES; ERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; FOUR-WAVE-MIXING PROCESS; IDLER WAVES; INCIDENT WAVES; MULTIWAVELENGTH ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS; NON-LINEAR FIBER; NUMERICAL MODELS; OUTPUT SPECTRUM; PHASE MISMATCH; PREDICTOR-CORRECTOR METHODS; PUMP WAVES;

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS; RING LASERS; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVE POWER;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 77956476448     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2017729     Document Type: Article

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