Absorption, gain, and laser action in bismuth-doped aluminosilicate optical fibers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-190

  Dvoyrin, Vladislav V ^a   Kir'Yanov, Alexander V ^b,c   Mashinsky, Valery M ^a   Medvedkov, Oleg I ^a   Umnikov, Andrey A ^d   Guryanov, Alexei N ^d   Dianov, Evgeny M ^a  

^a FIBER OPTICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY OF HIGH PURITY SUBSTANCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Infrared spectroscopy; Optical fiber lasers; Optical fiber materials

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH-DOPED; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; LASER ACTION; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL FIBER MATERIALS; SMALL-SIGNAL ABSORPTION; UP-CONVERSION;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINOSILICATES; BISMUTH; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INFRARED LASERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 73949151111     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2031822     Document Type: Article

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