Luminescent polymer optical fibers: Gain spectroscopy and lasing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4991, Issue , 2003, Pages 293-304

  Kobayashi, Takeyuki ^a   Blau, Werner J ^a   Tillmann, Hartwig ^b   Hörhold, Hans Heinrich ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Light amplification; Optical gain; Polymer lasers; Polymer optical fibers

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); GAIN MEASUREMENT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LASERS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS;

GAIN SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL GAIN;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0242524566     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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