Micro-characterisation of erbium-doped fibers using a Raman confocal microscope

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5506-5512

  Sidiroglou, F ^a   Huntington, S T ^a   Roberts, A ^a   Baxter, G W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAMAN SCATTERING;

ERBIUM-DOPED FIBERS; FIBER CHARACTERIZATIONS; FIBER OPTICS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS; FIBERS, ERBIUM;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 22744449493     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005506     Document Type: Article

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