Intensity noise of erbium doped fiber laser at low frequency suppression through optoelectronic feedback

Fei ZHANG; Jun ZHU; Hui WANG; Ke YANG; Liang-chuan MA; Ben-li YU

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-5461. 2012.03.009

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