Fabrication and properties of polymer optical fibers containing Nd-chelate

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 989-991

  Kuriki, Ken ^a   Kobayashi, Takeyuki ^a   Imai, Nana ^a   Tamura, Toshihiko ^a   Nishihara, Susumu ^a   Tagaya, Akihiro ^b   Koike, Yasuhiro ^b   Okamoto, Yoshi ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARGON; DYE LASERS; FLUORESCENCE; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; IONS; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; PUMPING (LASER);

ARGON PUMPED DYE LASER; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; INFRARED FLUORESCENCE; LOW PHONON ENERGY; NEODYMIUM CHELATE; NEODYMIUM ION; POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; RARE EARTH CHELATES;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 0342572563     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.867984     Document Type: Article

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