Thermal Effects in Kilowatt Fiber Lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-65

  Wang, Yong ^a   Xu, Chang Qing ^a   Po, Hong ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Lasersharp Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; Heat dissipation; Thermal effects; Ytterbium doped

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BANDWIDTH; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HEAT LOSSES; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTIMIZATION; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; YTTERBIUM;

LASER EFFICIENCY; PUMP ABSORPTION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0347337880     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.818913     Document Type: Article

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