Modeling High-Power Er3+-Yb3+ Codoped Fiber Lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2044-2052

  Yahel, Eldad ^a   Hardy, Amos ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers; Erbium (Er); Optical fiber lasers; Optical fiber theory; Ytterbium (Yb)

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; YTTERBIUM;

RATE EQUATIONS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0141638403     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.816854     Document Type: Article

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