A 43-W C-Band Tunable Narrow-Linewidth Erbium-Ytterbium Codoped Large-Core Fiber Laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 756-758

  Jeong, Yoonchan ^a   Alegria, C ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Fu, L ^a   Ibsen, M ^a   Codemard, C ^a   Mokhtar, M R ^a   Nilsson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Tunable lasers

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CLADDING (COATING); DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL PUMPING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; YTTERBIUM;

BRAGG GRATINGS; TUNABLE LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 1642602780     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.823710     Document Type: Article

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