Dynamics of high-power erbium-ytterbium fiber amplifiers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2308-2318

  Canat, Guillaume ^a   Mollier, Jean Claude ^a   Bouzinac, Jean Pierre ^a   Williams, Glenn M ^b   Cole, Brian ^b   Goldberg, Lew ^b   Jaouën, Yves ^c   Kulcsar, Gabor ^d  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b Keopsys   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Keopsys SA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; YTTERBIUM;

HIGH-POWER FIBER AMPLIFIERS; NANOSECOND-TO-MICROSECOND PULSES; PARASITIC REFLECTIONS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 28144458703     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002308     Document Type: Article

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