Slab delivery of incoherent pump light to double-clad fiber amplifiers: An analytic approach

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 378-383

  Kouznetsov, Dmitrii ^a,b   Moloney, Jerome V ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Double clad fibers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber lasers; Tapering

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CLADDING (COATING); LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DOUBLE CLAD FIBER AMPLIFIERS; INCOHERENT PUMP LIGHT; TAPERING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 1942521077     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.824695     Document Type: Article

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