High power ytterbium-doped rod-type three-level photonic crystal fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 17891-17902

  Boullet, Johan ^a   Zaouter, Yoann ^a,c   Desmarchelier, Rudy ^a   Cazaux, Matthieu ^a   Salin, François ^b   Saby, Julien ^b   Bello Doua, Ramatou ^b   Cormier, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^b Electro Scientific Industries Inc   (United States)

^c AMPLITUDE SYSTÈMES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

CONTINUOUS WAVE; GAIN COMPETITION; HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS; LASER OPERATIONS; LINE TRANSITIONS; POWER SCALABILITY; PUMP INTENSITIES; SINGLE MODE SOLID STATE LASER;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 55349145976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.017891     Document Type: Article

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