Photonic crystal fiber designs for power scaling of single-polarization amplifiers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6453, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ward, Benjamin G ^a   Robin, Craig ^b   Culpepper, Mark ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODE AREA; OPTIMAL PARAMETERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER DESIGNS; POWER SCALING;

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 34248347935     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.717326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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