Non–isothermal bleaching of photodarkened ybdoped fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12588-12593

  Leich, Martin ^a   Röpke, Ulrich ^a   Jetschke, Sylvia ^a   Unger, Sonja ^a   Reichel, Volker ^a   Kirchhof, Johannes ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 77951796331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012588     Document Type: Article

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