Beat-frequency adjustable Er3+-doped DBR fiber laser for ultrasound detection

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2485-2492

  Guo, Tuan ^a,b   Wong, Allan C L ^a   Liu, Wei Sheng ^a   Guan, Bai Ou ^b   Lu, Chao ^a   Tam, Hwa Yaw ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DBR LASERS; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ERBIUM; FADING (RADIO); FIBERS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

BEAT FREQUENCY; DBR; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; DOWNCONVERSION; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; EXPOSURE-TIME; GAIN CAVITY; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; LOW FREQUENCY; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; OUTPUT POWER; SIMPLE APPROACH; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE; ULTRASOUND DETECTION; UV LIGHT;

FIBER LASERS;

ERBIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ERBIUM; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; MINIATURIZATION; REFRACTOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79851502700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.002485     Document Type: Article

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