Increased amplifier efficiency by matching the area of the doped fiber region with the fundamental fiber mode

2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Oh, J M ^a,b   Headley, C ^a   Andrejco, M J ^a   Yablon, A D ^a   Digiovanni, D J ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

DOPED REGION; FUNDAMENTAL FIBER MODE;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33845373092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ofc.2006.215695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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