Breaking the limit of maximum effective area for robust single-mode propagation in optical fibers

Optics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 2855-2857

  Wong, William S ^a   Peng, Xiang ^a   McLaughlin, Joseph M ^a   Dong, Liang ^a  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATION; SINGLE-MODE PROPAGATION; ULTRA-HIGH-POWER FIBER LASERS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FIBER LASERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SILICA;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 27844513384     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.30.002855     Document Type: Article

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