High-power 980-nm pump lasers with flared waveguide design

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1512-1516

  Balsamo, S ^a   Ghislotti, G ^a   Trezzi, F ^a   Bravetti, P ^a   Coli G ^a   Morasca, S ^a  

^a Corning OTI ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

980 nm pump lasers; Erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); Flared waveguides

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; FLARED LASER STRUCTURE; FLARED WAVEGUIDE DESIGN; POWER DENSITY; THERMAL DISSIPATION;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 0036705449     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.800323     Document Type: Article

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