Increased pulsed amplifier efficiency by manipulating the fiber dopant distribution

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Oh, J M ^b   Headley, C ^a   Andrejco, M J ^a   Yablon, A D ^a   Digiovanni, D J ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRON OPTICS; FIBER LASERS; LASERS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

DOPANT DISTRIBUTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGH POWERS; MODE AREAS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 55649101674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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