Coupling efficiency of angle-polished method for side-pumping technology

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 816-821

  Ou, Pan ^a   Yan, Ping ^a   Gong, Mali ^a   Wei, Wenlou ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coupling efficiency; Double clad fiber; Fiber laser; Side pumping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; FIBER LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLID STATE LASERS;

ANGLE POLISHED METHOD; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; DOUBLE CLAD FIBER; HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS; SIDE PUMPING TECHNOLOGY;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 2542618325     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1666855     Document Type: Article

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