State-of-the-art aluminum-free 980-nm laser diodes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2356-2360

  Pessa, Markus ^a   Näppi, Jari ^a   Savolainen, Pekka ^a   Toivonen, Mika ^a   Murison, Richard ^b   Ovtchinnikov, Alexander ^c   Asonen, Harry ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b EG and G Optoelectronics   (Canada)

^c Tutcore Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fiber optical amplifier; Laser diode; Optical telecommunication

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; LASER MODES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

CATASTROPHIC OPTICAL DAMAGE; DARK LINE DEFECTS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; MEAN TIME TO FAILURE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030264802     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.541229     Document Type: Article

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