Frequency instability in Er/Yb fiber grating lasers due to heating by nonradiative transitions

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1390-1392

  Man, W S ^a   Xu, Y Z ^b   Tam, H Y ^a   Demokan, M S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PUMPING;

NONRADIATIVE TRANSITIONS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0033221386     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.803055     Document Type: Article

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