Rayleigh backscattering and amplified spontaneous emission in high-power ytterbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 695-701

  Oron, Ram ^a,b   Hardy, Amos A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; HIGH POWER LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); RAYLEIGH BACKSCATTERING (RBS);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 4243895244     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000695     Document Type: Article

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