Method for accurate gain calculation of a highly Yb3+/Er 3+-codoped waveguide amplifier in migration-assisted upconversion regime

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1151-1158

  Vallés, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Interatomic energy transfer interactions; waveguide amplifiers; Yb 3+ Er3+ doped glasses

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DEVICES; AMPLIFIER GAIN; CO-DOPED; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; DOPED GLASS; HOMOGENEOUS UPCONVERSION; INTERATOMIC ENERGY-TRANSFER INTERACTIONS; MIGRATION-ASSISTED UPCONVERSION; PHOSPHATE GLASS; PROPAGATION MODELS; RARE-EARTH DOPED FIBERS; RATE EQUATIONS; STATISTICAL MODELING; UP-CONVERSION; WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIERS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; GLASS; GLASS LASERS; WAVEGUIDES;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 79960682004     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2011.2159961     Document Type: Article

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