Fiber amplification in the 940-nm water vapor absorption band using the 4F 3/2 → 4I 9/2 transition in Nd

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1478-1480

  Dragic, Peter D ^b   Little, Liesl M ^b   Papen, George C ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric measurements; Laser radar; Neodymium materials devices; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; VAPORS;

ABSORPTION BAND;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0031270438     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.634714     Document Type: Article

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