High-power cw neodymium-doped fiber laser operating at 9.2 w with high beam quality

Optics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 578-580

  Zellmer, H ^a   Willamowski, U ^a   Tunnermann A ^a   Welling, H ^a   Unger, S ^b   Reichel, V ^b   Muller H R ^b   Kirchhof, J ^b   Albers, P ^c  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c R+D FISBA OPTIK AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION LIMITED; DIODE-LASER; DOUBLE CLAD FIBERS; HIGH BEAM QUALITY; HIGH-POWER; NEODYMIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

FIBER LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); SILICA;

NEODYMIUM;

EID: 0000868771     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.20.000578     Document Type: Article

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