High-power air-clad large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 818-823

  Limpert, J ^a   Schreiber, T ^a   Nolte, S ^a   Zellmer, H ^a   Tunnermann A ^a   Iliew, R ^a   Lederer, F ^a   Broeng, J ^b   Vienne, G ^b   Petersson, A ^b   Jakobsen, C ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; YTTERBIUM;

DOPANTS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER LASERS; THERMO-OPTICAL MANAGEMENT;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0042612228     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.000818     Document Type: Article

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