10W single-mode single frequency Tin-doped fiber amplifiers optimized for 1800-2020 nm band

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5709, Issue , 2005, Pages 117-124

  Meleshkevich, Mikhail ^a   Drozhzhin, Anton ^a   Platonov, Nikolai ^a   Gapontsev, Denis ^a   Starodubov, Dmitry ^a  

^a IPG Photonics   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Emission cross section; Fiber amplifier; Optical gain; Silica fiber; Thulium

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICA; THULIUM;

EMISSION CROSS SECTION; OPTICAL GAIN; SILICA FIBERS; SINGLE-MODE SINGLE FREQUENCY;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 21844457378     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.594385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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