Tunable Pr3+-Yb3+-doped all-fiber upconversion laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 194-196

  Zeller, M ^a   Limberger, H G ^a   Lasser, T ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

All fiber devices; Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Tunable lasers; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LASER TUNING; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

GERMANOSILICATE; UPCONVERSION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0037318715     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.806852     Document Type: Article

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