Noise figure measurements on Nd and Yb doped double-clad fiber amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1531-1536

  Wessels P ^a   Fallnich, C ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM THEORY; YTTERBIUM;

BEAM QUALITY; FIBER OPTICS AMPLIFIERS AND OSCILLATORS; FLUCTUATIONS; RELAXATIONS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 2942741014     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001531     Document Type: Article

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