Efficient amplification using the 4F3/2→4I9/2 transition in Nd-doped silica fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1593-1595

  Dragic, Peter D ^a   Papen, George C ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMPLIFICATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORESCENCE; FUSED SILICA; GLASS FIBERS; NEODYMIUM; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

OPTICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SUPERFLUORESCENCE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0033317905     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.806857     Document Type: Article

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