Characterization of wavelength-swept active mode locking fiber laser based on reflective semiconductor optical amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 14586-14593

  Lee, Hwi Don ^a   Lee, Ju Han ^b   Myung, Yung Jeong ^a   Kim, Chang Seok ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DISPERSION (WAVES); DYNAMICS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; WAVELENGTH;

ACTIVE MODE LOCKING; ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; FIBER CAVITY; FREE SPECTRAL RANGE; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; LASER SPECTRA; LASING WAVELENGTH; MODELOCKING; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; REFLECTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; SINUSOIDAL SIGNALS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SWEEPING RATE;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 79960480065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.014586     Document Type: Article

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