High-power fiber lasers and amplifiers based on multimode interference

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-78

  Zhu, X ^a   Schulzgen A ^a   Li, H ^a   Li, L ^a   Temyanko, V L ^a   Moloney, J V ^a   Peyghambarian, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multimode (MM) waveguides; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber interference; Optical fiber lasers; Optical fiber polarization

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASERS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POLARIZATION; SOLID STATE LASERS; WAVEGUIDES;

MULTIMODE (MM) WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBER FILTERS; OPTICAL FIBER INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FIBER POLARIZATION;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 60049092651     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010270     Document Type: Article

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