Reliability of rare-earth-doped fluoride fibers for optical fiber amplifier application

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 946-948

  Fujiura, K ^a   Nishida, Y ^a   Kanamori, T ^a   Terunuma, Y ^a   Hoshino, K ^a   Nakagawa, K ^a   Ohishi, Y ^a   Sudo, S ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorine compounds; Life estimation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber mechanical factors; Optical fibers; Reliability

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE TESTING; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RELIABILITY;

FLUORIDE FIBERS; LIFE ESTIMATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032121831     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.681279     Document Type: Article

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