Role of an Isolator in Optimization of Forward Conversion Efficiency in an Er-Doped SFS Source at 1.55 μm

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 390-402

  Kaur, Jagneet ^a   Roy, Suparna Sinha ^a   Thyagarajan, K ^a   Pal, B P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers and amplifiers; optical fiber components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000191308     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.1999.0307     Document Type: Article

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