Low power nonlinear response of Yb3+-doped optical fibre Bragg gratings

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 2150-2151

  Janos, M ^a   Arkwright, J ^b   Brodzeli, Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Siemens Ltd   (Australia)

^c Australian Photonics CRC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gratings in fibres; Rare earth doped fibres

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FREQUENCY DOUBLED ARGON ION LASER; PUMP MODULATION; RARE EARTH DOPED FIBRES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0031553316     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19971435     Document Type: Article

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