SBS-suppressed, single mode Yb-doped fiber amplifiers

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Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dragic, Peter D ^a  

^a Neolight Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE; PEAK POWER; PULSE ENERGIES; SINGLE MODE; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING (SBS); YB-DOPED FIBERS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 85088345898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/nfoec.2009.jtha10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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