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Superfluorescent 1.34 μm bismuth-doped fibre source

Konstantin E. Riumkin, Mikhail A. Melkumov, Aleksei V Shubin, Sergei Firstov, Игорь Алексеевич Буфетов, Vladimir F. Khopin, A. N. Guryanov, Evgenii M Dianov

Published Jul 31, 2014• 16 citations

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Abstract

We have demonstrated the first superfluorescent fibre source emitting in the range. In a double-pass configuration with an amplifier, its output power is under pumping at . Its emission spectrum has a nearly Gaussian shape, with a full width at half maximum of at the highest pump power.

DOI: 10.1070/qe2014v044n07abeh015573

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