Bend-resistant fundamental mode operation in ytterbium-doped leakage channel fibers with effective areas up to 3160μm2

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 11512-11519

  Dong, Liang ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Peng, Xiang ^a  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BENDING STRENGTH; LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

BEND RESISTANT; LEAKAGE CHANNEL FIBERS; SLOPE EFFICIENCY;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34248366917     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011512     Document Type: Article

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