Pump absorption and temperature distribution in erbium-doped double-clad fluoride-glass fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 19814-19822

  Gorjan, Martin ^a,b   Ek, Marko Marin ^b,c   Opi, Martin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b FOTONA D D   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; INFRARED IMAGING; NATURAL CONVECTION; RAY TRACING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORIDE FIBERS; FLUORIDE GLASS FIBER; MAXIMUM OUTPUT; NATURAL CONVECTION COOLING; POWER-SCALING; PUMP ABSORPTION; RAY TRACING CALCULATIONS;

ERBIUM;

ERBIUM; FLUORIDE; GLASS; GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ERBIUM; FLUORIDES; GLASS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; OPTICAL FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 70749133585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.019814     Document Type: Article

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