Fiber lasers: Materials, structures and technologies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4957, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-15

  Kirchhof, Johannes ^a   Unger, Sonja ^a   Schwuchow, Anka ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dopant diffusion; Double clad fibers; Fiber fabrication; Fiber lasers and amplifiers; Fluorescence; Optical loss; Rare earth doping

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DOPANT DIFFUSION; DOUBLE CLAD FIBERS; OPTICAL LOSS; RARE EARTH DOPING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0345714589     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.498062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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