Polarization maintaining master oscillator fiber amplifier (MOFA) for high repetition rate applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5335, Issue , 2004, Pages 24-32

  Avila, Carlos ^a   Burnham, Ralph ^a   Chen, Youming ^a   Torruellas, William ^a   Verdun, Horacio ^a   Utano, Richard ^a  

^a FIBERTEK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; MOFA; OPO

Indexed keywords

BULK LASER SOURCES; HIGH REPETITION RATE APPLICATIONS; MASTER OSCILLATOR FIBER AMPLIFIERS (MOFA); OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS (OPO);

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMITTERS; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 4344566610     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.537597     Document Type: Conference Paper

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