High power photonic crystal fiber laser systems

Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 131-135

  Schreiber, T ^a   Limpert, J ^a   Liem, A ^a   Roser F ^a   Nolte, S ^a   Zellmer, H ^a   Tunnermann A ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

High power operation; Photonic crystal fibers; Yb doped fiber laser

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS;

AIR HOLES; HIGH-POWER OPERATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; YB-DOPED FIBER LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 11244306443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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