Ytterbium-doping related stresses in preforms for high-power fiber lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2111-2116

  Just, Florian ^a   Müller, Hans Rainer ^a   Unger, Sonja ^a   Kirchhof, Johannes ^a   Reichel, Volker ^a   Bartelt, Hartmut ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Optical fiber lasers; Optical fiber materials; Optical fiber mechanical factors; Optical fiber thermal factors; Stress measurement; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

DOPING COMPOSITION; GUIDING PROPERTIES; HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS; HIGH-POWER OPERATION; IN-FIBER; INDEX PROFILE; LASER IONS; LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUMERICAL APERTURE; OPTICAL FIBER MATERIALS; POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; PROPAGATION BEHAVIOR; STRESS-INDUCED;

ALUMINA; BIREFRINGENCE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTS; LASERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOSPHORUS; POLARIMETERS; PREFORMING; STRESS MEASUREMENT; YTTERBIUM;

FIBERS;

EID: 67649856541     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2007971     Document Type: Article

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