A new method for side pumping of double-clad fiber sources

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-540

  Koplow, Jeffrey P ^a   Moore, Sean W ^a   Kliner, Dahv A V ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Double clad fibers; Erbium; Optical fiber lasers and amplifiers; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; RARE EARTH ADDITIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EMBEDDED-MIRROR SIDE PUMPINGS (EMSP);

MULTIMODE FIBERS;

EID: 0037380312     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.809336     Document Type: Article

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