Gamma-ray induced damage and recovery behavior in an erbium-doped fiber laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4547, Issue , 2002, Pages 126-133

  Bussjager, Rebecca J ^a   Hayduk, Michael J ^a   Johns, Steven T ^a   Taylor, Linda R ^b   Taylor, Edward W ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b International Photonics Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber laser; Gamma rays; Ionizing radiation; Mode locking; Space effects

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; GAMMA RAYS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0036395645     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454384     Document Type: Article

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