Enhanced nonlinearity in a simultaneously tapered and Yb3+-doped photonic crystal fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2448-2453

  Liu, Jianguo ^a   Xue, Lifang ^a   Liu, Yange ^a   Jin, Yanli ^a   Kai, Guiyun ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Jin, Long ^a   Wang, Zhi ^a   Yuan, Shuzhong ^a   Dong, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICA; YTTERBIUM;

OPTICAL FIELD DISTRIBUTION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; TAPERING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33845985645     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.002448     Document Type: Article

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