Performance and limitations of high brightness Er+3-Yb3+ fiber sources

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-186

  Canat, Guillaume ^a   Jaouën, Yves ^a,b   Mollier, Jean Claude ^c  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Double clad fiber; Erbium; Fiber amplifier; Modes; Nonlinear effects; Power amplifier

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646530501     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2006.02.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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