Fiber DFB lasers with ultimate efficiency

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-43

  Yelen, Kuthan ^a   Zervas, Mikhail N ^a,b   Hickey, Louise M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Southampton Photonics Inc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers; Erbium; Optical fiber lasers; Optical fiber theory; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; YTTERBIUM;

OPTICAL FIBER THEORY; OPTIMUM SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 13244284717     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.840037     Document Type: Article

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