Ytterbium-doped fibers fabricated with atomic layer deposition method

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 25085-25095

  Montiel I Ponsoda, Joan J ^a   Norin, Lars ^b   Ye, Changgeng ^c   Bosund, Markus ^d   Söderlund, Mikko J ^d   Tervonen, Ari ^a   Honkanen, Seppo ^e  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ACREO AB   (Sweden)

^c NLIGHT CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Beneq Oy   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER; DOPED FIBER; FABRICATION METHOD; GASPHASE; LASER CHARACTERISTICS; MATERIAL ANALYSIS; MODIFIED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS; POROUS LAYERS; SEM/EDS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; YB-DOPED FIBERS; YB-DOPING; YTTERBIUM DOPED FIBERS;

ALUMINUM COATINGS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FABRICATION; FIBERS; SINTERING; SOOT; YTTERBIUM;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION;

EID: 84868261174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.025085     Document Type: Article

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