Yb-ASE-free Er amplification in short-wavelength filtered Er:Yb photonic-crystal fiber

OFC/NFOEC 2008 - 2008 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Shirakawa, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanisho, Motoyuki ^a   Ueda, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ERBIUM; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POWDERS; YTTERBIUM;

DISTRIBUTED FILTERING; FIBER OPTIC; OPTICAL-; PARASITIC LASING; PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL FIBERS; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; YB-FIBER;

FIBERS;

EID: 49349088221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OFC.2008.4528497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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