The use of the principal states of polarization to describe tunability in a fiber laser

被引:16
作者
Friedman, N
Eyal, A
Tur, M
机构
[1] Facculty of Engineerig, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv
[2] Hebrew University, Jerusalem
[3] Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv
[4] Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
[5] Technion-Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa
[6] Ben-Guriyon University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva
[7] Information System Laboratory, Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
[8] Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University
关键词
erbium-doped optical fibers; optical fiber lasers; optical fiber polarization; polarization mode dispersion; principal states of polarization; tunable lasers;
D O I
10.1109/3.572137
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A novel approach for the description of the tunability of a fiber laser using principal states of polarization is introduced. Upon comparing the theoretical predictions with experimental measurements, it has been found that for a 4-m fiber laser, the proposed description is valid for a wavelength range of 2 nm.
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页码:642 / 648
页数:7
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