800-nm upconversion emission in Yb-sensitized Tm-doped optical fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1609-1611

  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 fiber amplifier (TDFA); Upconversion

Indexed keywords

LASER DIODES; MAXIMUM GAIN; SILICATE GLASS; TM-DOPED; TM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION;

ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; GLASS LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); SILICATES; YTTERBIUM;

FIBERS;

EID: 38349159745     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.879584     Document Type: Article

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