Modeling the inhibition of stimulated Raman scattering in passive and active fibers by lumped spectral filters in high power fiber laser systems

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 16255-16265

  Jansen, Florian ^a   Nodop, Dirk ^a   Jauregui, Cesar ^a   Limpert, Jens ^a   Tüunnermann, 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

BANDPASS FILTERS; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

HIGH POWER FIBER AMPLIFIER; HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; OPTICAL TRANSPORT; SIGNAL WAVELENGTH; SPECTRAL FILTERING; SPECTRAL FILTERS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PASSIVE FILTERS;

EID: 69949091284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016255     Document Type: Article

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