Modeling and Optimization of Short Er3+-Yb3+ Codoped Fiber Lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1444-1451

  Yahel, Eldad ^a   Hardy, Amos A ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ERBIUM; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; POSITIVE IONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; YTTERBIUM;

BRAGG REFLECTORS; DOPANT CONCENTRATION; RATE EQUATIONS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0242443751     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.818307     Document Type: Article

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