Derivation of Raman threshold formulas for CW double-clad fiber amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 8476-8490

  Jauregui, Cesar ^a   Limpert, Jens ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; DOUBLE CLAD FIBER AMPLIFIER; HIGH-POWER CW; RAMAN THRESHOLDS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 66449116320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008476     Document Type: Article

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