A Nd-YAG laser-pumped Tm-doped silica glass optical fiber amplifier at 840 nm

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1651-1653

  Watekar, Pramod R ^a   Ju, Seongmin ^a   Han, Won Taek ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fiber amplifier; Tm doped amplifier (TDFA); Upconversion

Indexed keywords

ND-YAG LASERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION WAVELENGTH; PEAK GAIN; SILICA GLASS; SIMULATION MODEL; SINGLE MODE; TM-DOPED; UP-CONVERSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBERS; GLASS; GLASS LASERS; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); SILICA;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34548635183     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.879536     Document Type: Article

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