Wavelength beam combining of ytterbium fiber lasers in a MOPA configuration

Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 594-595

  Augst, S J ^a   Goyal, A K ^a   Aggarwal, R L ^a   Fan, T Y ^a   Sanchez, A ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER DAMAGE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS; YTTRIUM;

LASER ELEMENTS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0036455234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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