Tm3+-doped tellurite glasses for fiber amplifiers in broadband optical communication at 1.20 μm wavelength region

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 18805-18810

  Zhou, Bo ^a,b   Lin, Hai ^a,b   Pun, Edwin Yue Bun ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DALIAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GLASS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THULIUM;

BROADBAND EMISSION; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; GAIN BAND; GLASS SYSTEMS; LOW LOSS; PEAK EMISSIONS; POPULATION INVERSIONS; TELLURITE GLASS; WAVELENGTH EXCITATIONS; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77956388931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.018805     Document Type: Article

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