La-Codoped Bismuth-Based Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Laser With 106-nm Tuning Range

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 297-299

  Liu, H L ^a   Tam, H Y ^a   Chung, W H ^a   Wai, P K A ^a   Sugimoto, N ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b ASAHI GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous wave laser; fiber ring laser; lanthanum (La) codoped bismuth based erbium doped fiber (Bi EDF); laser tuning; microelectromechanical system (MEMS) filter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008034341     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.840049     Document Type: Article

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