Spatial dopant profiles for transverse-mode selection in multimode waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1539-1543

  Bhutta, Tajamal ^a   Mackenzie, Jacob I ^a   Shepherd, David P ^a   Beach, Raymond J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Maxios Laser Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); OPTICAL PUMPING;

TRANSVERSE-MODE SELECTION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0000248568     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001539     Document Type: Article

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