Tunable Multiwavelength Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser Using Intracavity Birefringence-Induced Comb Filter

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 571-577

  Luo, Zhi Chao ^a   Luo, Ai Ping ^a   Xu, Wen Cheng ^a   Yin, Hai Sen ^a   Liu, Jia Rui ^a   Ye, Qing ^b   Fang, Zu Jie ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

birefringence filter; fiber lasers; Multiwavelength lasers; passively mode locked

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008029007     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2051023     Document Type: Article

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