Spectral beam combination of fiber amplified ns-pulses by means of interference filters

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 22974-22982

  Schmidt, O ^a   Wirth, C ^a   Nodop, D ^a   Limpert, J ^a   Schreiber, T ^b   Peschel, T ^b   Eberhardt, R ^b   Tunnermann A ^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;

ACTIVELY Q-SWITCHED; ANALYSIS OF BEAMS; DIELECTRIC INTERFERENCE FILTERS; INTERFERENCE FILTERS; MUTUAL DEPENDENCIES; REPETITION FREQUENCY; SPECTRAL BEAMS; THERMAL BEHAVIORS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 72049117141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022974     Document Type: Article

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