Damage mechanisms in components for fibre lasers and amplifiers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5647, Issue , 2005, Pages 561-571

  Carter, A ^a   Samson, B ^a   Tankala, K ^a   Machewirth, D P ^a   Khitrov, V ^a   Manyam, U H ^a   Gonthier, F ^b   Seguin, F ^b  

^a NUFERN   (United States)

^b ITF Optical Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Damage mechanisms; Double Clad Fibres (DCF); Fibre laser; Large Mode Area (LMA) fibre

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

DAMAGE MECHANISMS; DOUBLE CLAD FIBERS (DCF); EXCITATION ENERGY; LARGE MODE AREA (LMA) FIBER;

LASER DAMAGE;

EID: 18744385551     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.592015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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