Resonantly pumped high power flat L-band erbium-doped superfluorescent fiber source

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 207-212

  Chen, Sheng Ping ^a,b   Liu, Ze Jin ^a   Li, Yi Gang ^b   Lu, Ke Cheng ^b   Zhou, Shou Huan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BANDWIDTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OUTPUT POWER; PARASITIC LASING; SUPERFLUORESCENT FIBER SOURCE;

LUMINESCENT DEVICES;

ERBIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ERBIUM; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 38049105285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.000207     Document Type: Article

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