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We propose and demonstrate an eight-wavelength switchable laser with approximately 40 pm wavelength spacing using a polarization maintaining fiber Bragg grating (PMFBG). This PMFBG has a specially designed quadruple-transmission-band. When it is used in a fiber ring configuration, four wavelengths can be switched in one state of polarization, while the other four can oscillate in the corresponding orthogonal state.
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Xia, L., Shum, P., Zhou, J. et al. Eight-wavelength switchable fiber ring laser with ultranarrow wavelength spacing using a quadruple-transmission-band polarization maintaining fiber Bragg grating. Appl. Phys. B 88, 185–188 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-007-2696-5
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