Inversion behavior in core- and cladding-pumped Yb-doped fiber photodarkening measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 4522-4528

  Koponen, Joona ^a   Laurila, Marko ^a   Hotoleanu, Mircea ^a  

^a NLIGHT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; SILICATES; YTTERBIUM;

BENCHMARKING MEASUREMENT; CLADDING PUMPING; CORE PUMPING; FIBER DEVICES; HIGH-POWER PULSE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SILICATE GLASS; YB-DOPED FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 57049160287     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.004522     Document Type: Article

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