Ytterbium-doped large-core fiber laser with 1.36 kW continuous-wave output power

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 6088-6092

  Jeong, Y ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Payne, D N ^a   Nilsson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); QUANTUM THEORY; SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SILICA; YTTERBIUM;

DIODE PUMPED; LARGE-CORE FIBER LASERS; MULTI-EMITTER LASERS DIODE; WAVELENGTH;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 11244253805     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.006088     Document Type: Article

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