Multiwavelength fiber ring laser based on optical add-drop multiplexers and a photonic crystal fiber Sagnac interferometer

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-74

  Rota Rodrigo, Sergio ^a   Perez Herrera, Rosa A ^a   Ibañez, Isidoro ^a   Pinto, Ana M R ^a   Fernandez Vallejo, Montserrat ^a   Lopez Amo, Manuel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber laser; Optical add drop multiplexer; Photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL FIBER; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER RING LASERS; FIBER-RING LASERS; HIGHLY BIREFRINGENT PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; LASER LINES; MULTIWAVELENGTH; OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXERS; OPTICAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

RING LASERS;

EID: 84871795580     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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