Experimental realization of silica-glass Tm-doped fiber amplifier with 11.3-dB gain

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 1478-1480

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

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

Author keywords

Excited state emission; Fiber amplifier; Thulium (Tm) doped silica glass fiber amplifier (TDFA)

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); EXCITED STATES; GLASS FIBERS; SILICA; THULIUM; FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EXCITED STATE EMISSION; SILICA-GLASS FIBER AMPLIFIER;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS;

TM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34548640471     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.903758     Document Type: Article

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