Measuring the modal content of large-mode-area fibers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-70

  Nicholson, Jeffrey W ^a   Yablon, Andrew D ^a,b   Fini, John M ^a   Mermelstein, Marc D ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Interfiber Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber measurements; Optical fibers

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

ALL FIBERS; DIFFERENT MODES; FIBER SURFACES; GROUP DELAYS; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; IN FIBERS; LARGE-MODE-AREA FIBERS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLE MODES; OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL SPECTRUM; OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; PHASE IMAGES; POWER LEVELS; SINGLE-MODE FIBERS; SPATIAL FILTERS; SPECTRAL INTERFERENCES; SPECTRALLY RESOLVED IMAGING;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 60049097387     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010239     Document Type: Article

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