Comparison of silica-based materials and fibers in side- and end-pumped fiber lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7195, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Langner, Andreas ^a   Schötz, Gerhard ^a   Such, Mario ^b   Reichel, Volker ^c   Grimm, Stephan ^c   Leich, Martin ^c   Unger, Sonja ^c   Kirchhof, Johannes ^c   Wedel, Björn ^d   Krause, Volker ^e   Rehmann, Georg ^e  

^a WC Heraeus GmbH   (Germany)

^b Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d HIGHYAG Lasertechnologie GmbH   (Germany)

^e Laserline GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active large core fibers; End pumped fiber laser; Rare earth doped silica; Side pumped fiber laser; Yb doping

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LARGE CORE FIBERS; END-PUMPED FIBER LASER; RARE EARTH DOPED SILICA; SIDE-PUMPED FIBER LASER; YB-DOPING;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); RARE EARTHS; SILICA; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 65649094786     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.808218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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