Watt-level L band superfluorescent fiber source

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1531-1536

  Chen, Sheng Ping ^a   Li, Yi Gang ^a   Zhu, Jian Ping ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Xu, Tuan Wei ^a   Guo, Ru ^a   Lu, Ke Cheng ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); FIBER OPTICS SOURCES; OPTICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SUPERRADIANCE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 17444402154     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001531     Document Type: Article

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