Amplified spontaneous emission and Rayleigh backscattering in strongly pumped fiber amplifiers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1865-1873

  Hardy, A A ^a   Oron, R ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Laser amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber cladding; Rayleigh scattering; Spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT EMISSION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; OPTICAL FIBER CLADDING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032183594     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.721074     Document Type: Article

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