Compact 1-W Yb-doped double-cladding fiber amplifier using V-groove side-pumping

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 793-795

  Koplow, Jeffrey P ^a   Goldberg, Lew ^a   Kliner, Dahv A V ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DOUBLE CLADDING FIBER AMPLIFIERS; V GROOVE SIDE PUMPING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032095464     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.681486     Document Type: Article

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