Accurate efficiency evaluation of energy-transfer processes in phosphosilicate Er3+-Yb3+-codoped fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-202

  Laroche, Mathieu ^a   Girard, Sylvain ^a   Sahu, Jayanta K ^b   Clarkson, W Andrew ^b   Nilsson, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; YTTERBIUM;

EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESSES; ERBIUM-YTTERBIUM DOUBLE-CLAD FIBER (EYDCF); RATE EQUATIONS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33644880837     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000195     Document Type: Article

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