High power superfluorescent source with stable single-transverse-mode output using a multimode Er-doped fibre

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 1727-1728

  Okhotnikov, O G ^a   Sousa, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Optical fibres

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER MODES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

MULTIMODE ERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; SUPERFLUORESCENCE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031221970     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19971200     Document Type: Article

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