Amplification properties of Er3+-doped photonic crystal fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 782-788

  Cucinotta, Annamaria ^a   Poli, Federica ^a   Selleri, Stefano ^a   Vincetti, Luca ^b   Zoboli, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fibers; Finite element method; Holey fibers; Modal analysis; Photonic crystal fibers

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; PHOTONS; POSITIVE IONS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0037617466     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.809576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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