Novel pumping schemes for fluoride-based thulium-doped fiber amplifier at 690 and 1050 nm (or 1400 nm)

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1001-1003

  Yam, Scott S H ^a   Akasaka, Youichi ^b   Kubota, Yoshinori ^c   Inoue, Hiroyuki ^d   Parameswaran, Krishnan ^e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Sprint Applied Research & Advanced Technology Labs California   (United States)

^c CENTRAL GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillator; Optical amplifiers; Rare earth doped materials

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

COARSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; RARE EARTH DOPED MATERIALS; THULIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 18944407104     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.846749     Document Type: Article

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