100 Watt, single-mode, CW, linearly polarized all-fiber format 1.56um laser with suppression of parasitic lasing effects

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5709, Issue , 2005, Pages 69-77

  Yusim, Alexander ^a   Barsalou, Justin ^a   Gapontsev, Denis ^a   Platonov, Nikolai S ^a   Shkurikhin, Oleg ^a   Gapontsev, Valentin P ^b   Barannikov, Yuri A ^b   Shcherbina, Fedor V ^b  

^a IPG Photonics ^*  (United States)

^b IPG Laser GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Linearly Polarized; Yb Er

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ERBIUM; HEAT LOSSES; LASER BEAM WELDING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

BEAM QUALITY; FIBRE TECHNOLOGY; LINEARLY POLARIZED; PARASITIC LASING; SPACE COMMUNICATIONS; YB-ER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 21844433448     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.593976     Document Type: Conference Paper

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