Efficiency of pump absorption in double-clad fiber amplifiers. I. Fiber with circular symmetry

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 743-749

  Kouznetsov, Dmitrii ^a   Moloney, Jerome V ^a   Wright, Ewan M ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; KERR ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECKLE;

PUMP ABSORPTION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0035633925     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000743     Document Type: Article

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