Broadband Tm-doped superfluorescent fiber source with 11 W single-ended output power

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 11021-11026

  Shen, D Y ^a   Pearson, L ^a   Wang, P ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Clarkson, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; HIGH REFLECTIVITY MIRRORS; HIGH-POWER OPERATION; LAUNCHED PUMP POWER; OUTPUT POWER LEVELS; SUPERFLUORESCENT FIBER SOURCES; SUPERFLUORESCENT SOURCE; WAVELENGTH SPECTRA;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; SOLID STATE LASER; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LIGHTING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 47849120490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.011021     Document Type: Article

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