Double clad tapered fiber for high power applications

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1929-1944

  Filippov, V ^a   Chamorovskii, Yu ^b   Kerttula, J ^a   Golant, K ^c   Pessa, M ^a   Okhotnikov, O G ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^c FIBER OPTICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HIGH POWER LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PUMPING (LASER);

ACTIVE FIBERS; LARGE BEAM PARAMETERS; PLASMA CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES; PUMP ABSORPTION;

LASER CLADDING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS;

EID: 39049170124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001929     Document Type: Article

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