Cooperative upconversion effects on the performance of Er3+-doped phosphate glass waveguide amplifiers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1838-1845

  Ohtsuki, T ^a   Honkanen, S ^a   Najafi, S I ^b   Peyghambarian, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0031536893     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001838     Document Type: Article

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