Spectral beam combining of Yb-doped fiber lasers with high efficiency

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1716-1720

  Klingebiel, Sandro ^a   Röser, Fabian ^a   Ortaç, Bülend ^a   Limpert, Jens ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; POWER-AMPLIFIER FIBER LASER SYSTEMS; SPECTRAL BEAM COMBINING; YTTERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34548601717     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001716     Document Type: Article

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