New developments in high power eye-safe LMA fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6102, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tankala, K ^a   Samson, B ^a   Carter, A ^a   Farroni, J ^a   Machewirth, D ^a   Jacobson, N ^a   Manyam, U ^a   Sanchez, A ^b   Cheng, M Y ^c   Galvanauskas, A ^c   Torruellas, W ^d   Chen, Y ^d  

^a NUFERN   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Michigan   (United States)

^d FIBERTEK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Er Yb co doped; Eye safe; Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers; High Power; Large Mode Area; Tm doped

Indexed keywords

ER-YB CO-DOPED; EYE-SAFE; FIBER LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS; HIGH POWER; LARGE MODE AREA; TM DOPED;

CLADDING (COATING); DATA RECORDING; EYE PROTECTION; HIGH POWER LASERS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33646014499     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.646663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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