Modeling Cladding-Pumped Er/Yb Fiber Amplifiers

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-44

  Valley, George C ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0002054498     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.2000.0351     Document Type: Article

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