Tapered fused-bundle splitter capable of 1kW CW operation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6453, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wetter, Alexandre ^a   Faucher, Mathieu ^a   Lovelady, Michael ^b   Séguin, François ^a  

^a ITF Laboratories   (Canada)

^b Swift Valley Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; High power; Packaging; Reliability; Tapered fused bundle

Indexed keywords

CORE DIAMETER; FIBER DEVICES; HIGH POWER; TAPERED FUSED BUNDLE (TFB);

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; RELIABILITY;

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 34248374288     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.700466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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