Yb3+ ring doping in high-order-mode fiber for high-power 977-nm lasers and amplifiers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-19

  Quimby, Richard S ^a   Morse, T F ^b   Shubochkin, Roman L ^b   Ramachandran, Siddharth ^c  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber lasers; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); EXTRACTION; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PUMPING (LASER); YTTERBIUM;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; CORE RADIUS; DOPING PROFILES; ENERGY EXTRACTIONS; FIBER LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS; HIGH ORDERS; HIGH-POWER; INTENSITY PATTERNS; LEVEL TRANSITIONS; LONG-PERIOD GRATINGS; LOW INTENSITIES; MODE PATTERNS; MODELING; NUMERICAL APERTURES; OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBER LASERS; PARASITIC OSCILLATIONS; PUMP POWER;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 60049086091     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010264     Document Type: Article

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