Solid-core photonic bandgap fibers for high-power fiber lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-29

  Dianov, Evgeny M ^a   Likhachev, Mikhail E ^a   Février, Sébastien ^b  

^a FIBER OPTICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Optical fiber lasers; Optical fibers

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBERS; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

BENDING PROPERTIES; HIGH-POWER FIBER LASERS; HIGH-POWER LASERS; MICRO-STRUCTURED FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER LASERS; PHOTONIC BAND-GAP;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 60149091697     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010247     Document Type: Article

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