Fiber optical parametric amplifiers with linearly or circularly polarized waves

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2425-2433

  Marchic, Michael E ^a   Wong, Kenneth K Y ^a   Kazovsky, Leonid G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED WAVES; FIBER OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; LINEARLY POLARIZED WAVES;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0345761445     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/josab.20.002425     Document Type: Article

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