On the characteristic lengths in the variable stripe length method for optical gain measurements

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1874-1877

  Cerdan L ^a   Costela, A ^a   Garcia Moreno I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT;

ACTIVE MEDIA; AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; SATURATION POINT; VARIABLE STRIPE LENGTHS;

OPTICAL GAIN;

EID: 77956504716     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.001874     Document Type: Article

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