Propagation losses and gain measurements in erbium-doped fluoride glass channel waveguides by use of a double-pass technique

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 4678-4682

  Vasilief, Ion ^a   Guy, Stéphan ^a   Jacquier, Bernard ^a   Boulard, Brigitte ^b   Gao, You Ping ^b   Duverger, Claire ^b   Haquin, Hervé ^c   Nazabal, Virginie ^c   Adam, Jean Luc ^c   Couchaud, Maurice ^d   Fulbert, Laurent ^d   Cassagnettes, Cédric ^e   Rooms, Frédéric ^e   Barbier, Denis ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^e Teem Photonics   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GLASS; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

DOUBLE-PASS TECHNIQUE; FLUORIDE GLASS CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; MICROCHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATION LOSSES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 23844447509     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004678     Document Type: Article

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