Linearly-polarized single-transverse-mode high-energy multi-ten nanosecond fiber amplifier with 50W average power

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 7604-7609

  Ye, Changgeng ^a   Gong, Mali ^a   Yan, Ping ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER MODES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHASE MODULATION; YTTERBIUM;

LINEWIDTH BROADENING; POLARIZATION EXTINCTION; SELF-PHASE MODULATION (SPM); SINGLE TRANSVERSE MODE; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING (SBS);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33747752228     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.007604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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