Large mode area double clad fibers for pulsed and CW lasers and amplifiers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5335, Issue , 2004, Pages 140-150

  Machewirth, David ^a   Khitrov, Victor ^a   Manyam, Upendra ^a   Tankala, Kanishka ^a   Carter, Adrian ^a   Abramczyk, Jaroslaw ^a   Farroni, Julia ^a   Guertin, Douglas ^a   Jacobson, Nils ^a  

^a NUFERN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE-MODE AREAS (LMA); NUMERICAL APERTURES (NA); STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING (SBS);

DOPING (ADDITIVES); NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RAMAN SCATTERING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 4344566031     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.528056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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