Effects of pumped styles on power conversion efficiency and gain characteristics of phosphate glass Er3+-Yb3+-co-doped waveguide amplifiers

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 545-549

  Wang, Yu Hai ^a   Ma, Chun Sheng ^a   Li, De Lu ^a   Zhang, Da Ming ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Er3+ Yb3+ co dopant; Pumped style; Waveguide amplifier

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER LASERS; GLASS; YTTERBIUM;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; CO-DOPED; ER3+-YB3+-CO-DOPANT; GAIN CHARACTERISTICS; INITIAL ENERGIES; PHOSPHATE GLASS; POWER-CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROPAGATION EQUATIONS; PUMP POWER; PUMPED STYLE; RATE EQUATIONS; SIGNAL POWER; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIER;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 63249109426     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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