Optical fiber amplifiers: A comparative study of oxide and non-oxide doped glass fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3416, Issue , 1998, Pages 106-114

  Lauzon, Jocelyn ^a   Saad, Mohammed ^a  

^a INO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplifier; Chalcogenide; Fiber; Fluoride; Glass; Halide; Optical; Silica; Sulphide; Tellurite

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL GLASS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS;

CHALCOGENIDES;

LASERS;

EID: 0037738780     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.323378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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