Stable and wideband L-band erbium superfluorescent fiber source using improved bidirectional pumping configuration

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9778-9783

  Huang, Wencai ^a   Wang, Xiulin ^a,b   Zheng, Benrui ^a   Xu, Huiying ^a   Ye, Chenchun ^a   Cai, Zhiping ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL PUMPING; WAVELENGTH;

BIDIRECTIONAL PUMPING CONFIGURATION; DOUBLE-PASS BI-DIRECTIONAL (DP-BD); SUPERFLUORESCENT FIBER SOURCE (SFS); UN-PUMPED FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34547456134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009778     Document Type: Article

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