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Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber lasers exploiting polarization hole burning

Sun et al., 2000

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11803763636646715737
Author
Sun J
Qiu J
Huang D
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Optics communications

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Simultaneous multiwavelength lasing is demonstrated exploiting intracavity polarization hole burning in an erbium-doped fiber laser. Experimental results indicate that polarization hole burning can be enhanced by the changes of the light polarization states and bias …
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