Gain-guided, index-antiguided fiber lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1677-1682

  Siegman, A E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL GAIN; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

GAIN COEFFICIENT; GAIN-GUIDED FIBER LASERS; INDEX-ANTIGUIDED FIBER LASERS; ROBUST SINGLE TRANSVERSE MODE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34548602647     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001677     Document Type: Article

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