Ultranarrow-linewidth, efficient amplification of low-power seed sources by a fiber amplifier

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1784-1787

  Nicolaescu, Remus ^a   Walther, Thomas ^a   Fry, Edward S ^a   Muendel, Martin ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLAROID CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0012199020     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001784     Document Type: Article

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