Low-nonlinearity single-transverse-mode ytterbium-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1313-1319

  Limpert, J ^a   Liem, A ^a   Reich, M ^a   Schreiber, T ^a   Nolte, S ^a   Zellmer, H ^a   Tunnermann A ^a   Broeng, J ^b   Petersson, A ^b   Jakobsen, C ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; YTTRIUM;

FIBER DESIGN AND FABRICATION; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; PHASE MATCHING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 2942752334     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.001313     Document Type: Article

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