Materials and technologies for microstructured high power laser fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5951, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Kirchhof, J ^a   Unger, S ^a   Kobelke, J ^a   Schuster, K ^a   Morl K ^a   Jetschke, S ^a   Schwuchow, A ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Microstructured fiber; Rare earth doping

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER LASERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION;

MICROSTRUCTURED DOPING; NUMERICAL APERTURE; PUMP CLADDING; RARE-EARTH DOPING;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 32344453706     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.622667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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