Single-frequency master-oscillator photonic crystal fiber amplifier with 148 W output power

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 11071-11076

  Hildebrandt, Matthias ^a   Frede, Maik ^a   Kwee, Patrick ^b   Willke, Benno ^b   Kracht, Dietmar ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHOTONS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; YTTERBIUM;

OUTPUT POWER;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33751120693     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011071     Document Type: Article

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