Opportunities in high-power fiber lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6389, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sahu, J K ^a   Kim, J ^a   Yoo, S ^a   Webb, A ^a   Codemard, C ^a   Dupriez, P ^a   Jeong, Y ^a   Nilsson, J ^a   Richardson, D ^a   Payne, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Hollow optical fiber; MOPA; Rare earth ions; Single mode; W type fiber

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; GLASS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; SILICA;

HOLLOW OPTICAL FIBER; MOPA; W-TYPE FIBER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33751294322     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.687497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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