Active Q-switching in an erbium-doped fiber laser using an ultrafast silicon-based variable optical attenuator

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 26911-26916

  Chang, You Min ^a   Lee, Junsu ^a   Jhon, Young Min ^b   Lee, Ju Han ^a  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC ATTENUATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ERBIUM; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

ACTIVE Q-SWITCHING; ERBIUM DOPED; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; PEAK POWER; PIN DIODE; Q-SWITCHED PULSE; Q-SWITCHES; REPETITION RATE; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES; SI-BASED; SILICON-BASED; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TEMPORAL WIDTH; TRANSIENT TIME; ULTRA-FAST; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS; WDM CHANNEL POWER;

Q SWITCHING;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLID STATE LASER;

ABSORPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LIGHT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84555223590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.026911     Document Type: Article

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