Development of Bi/Er co-doped optical fibers for ultra-broadband photonic applications

Yanhua LUO; Binbin YAN; Jianzhong ZHANG; Jianxiang WEN; Jun HE; Gang-Ding PENG

doi:10.1007/s12200-017-0764-y

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