Modeling and optimization of high-power Nd3+-Yb3+ codoped fiber lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1601-1609

  Yahel, Eldad ^a   Hess, Ortwin ^a   Hardy, Amos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers; Neodymium (Nd); Optical fiber lasers; Optical fiber theory; Ytterbium (Yb)

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPLEXING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTIMIZATION; YTTERBIUM;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR (DBR) LASERS; OUTPUT MIRROR REFLECTIVITY; PUMP WAVELENGTHS MULTIPLEXING;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 33645006061     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.863324     Document Type: Article

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