Tm3+-doped ZBLAN fibre amplifier at 1.49 μm with co-operative lasing at 1.88 μm

Electronics Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 899-900

  Tessarin, S ^a   Lynch, M ^a   Donegan, J F ^a   Maze G ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Le Verre Floure ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); OSCILLATIONS; THULIUM;

FIBER LENGTH; FIBER RING; LIMITING EFFECTS; RING CAVITY;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 23944473679     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20052015     Document Type: Article

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