Experimental demonstration of enhancing pump absorption rate in cladding-pumped ytterbium-doped fiber lasers using pump-coupling long-period fiber gratings

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 700-702

  Baek, Seungin ^a   Roh, Sookyoung ^a   Jeong, Yoonchan ^b   Lee, Byoungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cladding pumping; Double clad fiber (DCF); Fiber laser; Long period fiber grating (LPFG); Pump absorption

Indexed keywords

CLADDING PUMPING; DOUBLE-CLAD FIBER; DOUBLE-CLAD FIBER (DCF); LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; PUMP ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBERS; LASER CLADDING; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34047198918     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.871158     Document Type: Article

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