Thermal characteristics of an end-pumped high-power ytterbium-sensitized erbium-doped fiber laser under natural convection

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 19865-19871

  Jeong, Y ^a   Baek, S ^b   Dupriez, P ^c   Maran, J N ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Nilsson, J ^a   Lee, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^c NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; NATURAL CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; YTTERBIUM;

ABSORBED PUMP POWER; CORE TEMPERATURE; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; MAXIMUM PUMP POWER; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE SENSING TECHNIQUE; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 56749151112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019865     Document Type: Article

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