Amplification and ASE suppression in a polarization-maintaining tterbium-doped solid-core photonic bandgap fibre

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7195, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Olausson, Christina B ^a,b   Falk, Charlotte I ^b   Lyngsø, Jens K ^a,b   Hansen, Kim P ^a   Bjarklev, Anders ^b   Broeng, Jes ^a  

^a NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fiber amplifier; Fiber design and fabrication; Fiber laser; Photonic bandgap fiber; Polarization maintaining

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; BAND GAPS; FIBER DESIGN AND FABRICATION; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBRES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBRES; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING; RESCALING; SOLID CORE; YTTERBIUM-DOPED;

AMPLIFICATION; ENERGY GAP; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBERS; LASERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; YTTERBIUM;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

EID: 65649103334     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.808146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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