Numerical analysis of amplification characteristic of ytterbium-sensitized erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers by the finite difference beam propagation method

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2790-2791

  Yu, Zhong ^a   Wei, Wei ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complex atomic susceptibility; Finite difference beam propagation method; Integrated optics; Optical waveguide amplifier

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PERMITTIVITY; WAVEGUIDES; YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

ATOMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; YTTERBIUM SENSITIZED ERBIUM DOPED WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIERS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0344084450     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1609455     Document Type: Letter

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