Spectral hole burning induced by reflected amplified spontaneous emission in erbium-doped silica optical fiber pumped at 980 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1204-1211

  Jarabo, Sebastián ^a   Sola, Iñigo J ^a   Sáez Landete, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL PUMPING; SILICA; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

SPECTRAL HOLE BURNING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0037563754     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001204     Document Type: Article

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