Ion-exchanged glass waveguide lasers and amplifiers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2996, Issue , 1997, Pages 94-102

  Hempstead, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erbium; Ion exchange; Laser; Neodymium; Optical amplifier; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; GLASS; ION EXCHANGERS; IONS; LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WAVEGUIDES;

GLASS WAVEGUIDES; ION-EXCHANGED GLASS; LASER; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; PROPAGATION LOSS (PL); WAVEGUIDE; WAVEGUIDE DEVICES;

ION EXCHANGE;

EID: 16644399858     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.271148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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