Ultrafast laser inscription of a high-gain Er-doped bismuthate glass waveguide amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 13212-13219

  Thomson, Robert R ^a   Psaila, Nicholas D ^a   Beecher, Stephen J ^a   Kar, Ajoy K ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; GLASS; GLASS LASERS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; WAVEGUIDES;

BISMUTHATE GLASS; COUPLING LOSS; ER-DOPED; FIBER-TO-FIBER INSERTION LOSS; FRESNEL REFLECTIONS; GAIN PER UNIT LENGTH; HIGH-GAIN; ION ABSORPTION; NET GAIN; OUTPUT POWER; PROPAGATION LOSS; ULTRAFAST LASER;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 77953569674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.013212     Document Type: Article

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