Analysis of folded erbium-doped planar waveguide amplifiers by the method of lines

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2658-2664

  Huang, Weibin ^a   Syms, Richard R A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PERMITTIVITY;

ERBIUM DOPED PLANAR WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIERS (EDWA); METHOD OF LINES;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0033314402     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.809687     Document Type: Article

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