High-power 1.06-μ near-diffraction-limited planar tapered amplifier injected with seed light through a fiber biconical microlens

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 710-719

  Sakai, Kiyohide ^a   Shimada, Naoyuki ^a   Shibata, Kimitaka ^a   Hanamaki, Yoshihiko ^a   Itakura, Shigetaka ^a   Imaki, Masao ^a   Yagi, Tetsuya ^a   Hirano, Yoshihito ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gratings; Laser amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INJECTION LASERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MICROLENSES; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FIBER BICONICAL MICROLENS; NEAR-DIFFRACTION-LASER OSCILLATION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 42649134815     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.915215     Document Type: Article

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