A new material for high power laser fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6873, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Langner, Andreas ^a   Schötz, Gerhard ^a   Such, Mario ^b   Kayser, Thomas ^b   Reichel, Volker ^c   Grimm, Stephan ^c   Kirchhof, Johannes ^c   Krause, Volker ^d   Rehmann, Georg ^d  

^a WC Heraeus GmbH   (Germany)

^b Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Laserline GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active large core fibers; Rare earth doped silica; Side pumped fiber laser; Yb doping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FUSED SILICA; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; LIQUID LASERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TECHNOLOGY;

(060.2410) FIBERS; (140.3500) LASERS; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; BULK GLASSES; HIGH POWERS; LIQUID SUSPENSIONS; NEW MATERIALS; STARTING POINTS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 44949085436     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.761671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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