High-power long-period-grating-assisted erbium-doped fiber amplifier

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1322-1327

  Nemova, Galina ^a   Kashyap, Raman ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CLADDING (COATING); EFFICIENCY; ERBIUM; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; HIGH POWER LASERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PUMPING (LASER); SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

AMPLIFIED SIGNALS; CONTINUOUS WAVE OUTPUT POWER; DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; EFFECTIVE MODE AREAS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; NONLINEAR EFFECT; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 55049105478     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001322     Document Type: Article

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