Multi-core leakage-channel fibers with up to 26000 μm2 combined effective mode-field area

2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2009 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hartl, I ^a   McKay, H A ^a   Marcinkevicius A ^a   Dong, L ^a   Fermann, M E ^a  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT COMBINATION; FUNDAMENTAL MODE PROPAGATION; MULTI CORE;

ELECTRON OPTICS; LASERS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SILICA;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 71049155458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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