SOA fiber ring lasers: Single- versus multiple-mode oscillation

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1513-1520

  Girard, Simon Lambert ^a   Piché, Michel ^a   Chen, Hongxin ^b   Schinn, Gregory W ^b   Oh, Wang Yuhl ^c   Bouma, Brett E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b EXFO   (Canada)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; nonlinear optical device; optical tuning; semiconductor device noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH FILTERS; COMPLEX TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; FIBER-RING LASERS; GAIN SATURATION; INTRA-CAVITY FILTERS; INTRACAVITIES; LASER DYNAMICS; LASER EMISSION; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; LONGITUDINAL MODES; MODULATION INSTABILITIES; NARROW BANDWIDTH; NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTICAL TUNING; OUTPUT SPECTRUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE NOISE; SINGLE LONGITUDINAL MODE;

BANDWIDTH; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DYNAMICS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MODULATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

RING LASERS;

EID: 83555161674     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2119294     Document Type: Article

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