High-energyin-band pumped erbium doped fiber amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 18803-18818

  Lim, Ee Leong ^a   Alam, Shaif Ul ^a   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

CLADDING PUMPING; CORE PUMPING; FIBER LENGTH; ION CONCENTRATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSEWIDTHS; PUMP ABSORPTION; PUMP INTENSITIES;

PUMPS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; SOLID STATE LASER;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE;

EID: 84865585161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.018803     Document Type: Article

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