Intracavity wavelength conversions employing a MgO-doped LiNbO3 quasi-phase-matched waveguide and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2142-2149

  Xu, Chang Qing ^a   Bracken, John ^a   Chen, Bo ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ERBIUM; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

PHASE MATCHING;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0242301205     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002142     Document Type: Article

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