Analysis of the scalability of diffraction-limited fiber lasers and amplifiers to high average power

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 13240-13266

  Dawson, Jay W ^a   Messerly, Michael J ^a   Beach, Raymond J ^a   Shverdin, Miroslav Y ^a   Stappaerts, Eddy A ^a   Sridharan, Arun K ^a   Pax, Paul H ^a   Heebner, John E ^a   Siders, Craig W ^a   Barty, C P J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); QUALITY CONTROL; SCALABILITY;

DIFFRACTION LIMITED; FIBER LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS; FIBER MODE; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; OUTPUT POWER; POWER LIMIT; POWER-SCALING; PUMP COUPLING;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 50049085211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.013240     Document Type: Article

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