Lasing in a gain-guided index antiguided fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1683-1688

  Chen, Ying ^a   Sudesh, Vikas ^a   McComb, Timothy ^a   Richardson, Martin C ^a   Bass, Michael ^a   Ballato, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL GAIN; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ANTIGUIDED FIBER; GAIN-GUIDED INDEX; GLASS CORE FIBER; LASING;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 34548646639     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001683     Document Type: Article

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