Homogeneous upconversion in Er-doped fibers under steady state excitation: Analytical model and its Monte Carlo verification

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 582-590

  Khoptyar, Dmitry ^a   Sergeyev, Sergey ^b   Jaskorzynska, Bozena ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ACREO AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERBIUM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL GLASS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PUMPING (LASER); SILICA;

ERBIUM-DOPED FIBERS; HOMOGENOUS UPCONVERSION; SILICA GLASS MATRIX;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 17644365132     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000582     Document Type: Article

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