Gain switching of an erbium-doped silica-based planar waveguide laser

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1238-1243

  Hattori, Kuninori ^a   Kitagawa, Takeshi ^a   Ohmori, Yasuji ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYE LASERS; ERBIUM; HYDROLYSIS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTONS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SWITCHING;

ACOUSTOOPTICAL MODULATORS; COUPLED RATE EQUATIONS; ERBIUM DOPED WAVEGUIDE LASERS; GAIN SWITCHING; PEAK POWER; POPULATION INVERSION DENSITY; PULSE WIDTH; REPETITION RATE;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0030085666     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.361017     Document Type: Article

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