Fusion splicing soft glass microfibers for photonic devices

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 831-833

  Li, Wei ^a   Wang, Pan ^a   Hu, Zhifang ^a   Tong, Limin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Laser cavity resonators; laser fusion; lasers; microfibers

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-LOOP; FUSION SPLICING; LASER CAVITY; MICRO-FIBER; MICROFIBERS; MICRORING LASER; PHOSPHATE GLASS; PHOTONIC COMPONENTS; Q-FACTORS; SINGLE PULSE; SOFT GLASS; SPLICE LOSS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLASS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; RESONATORS;

GLASS LASERS;

EID: 79957649483     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2140369     Document Type: Article

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