Multi-kilowatt single-mode ytterbium-doped large-core fiber laser

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 416-422

  Jeong, Yoonchan ^a   Boyland, Alexander J ^a   Sahu, Jayanta K ^a   Chung, Seunghwan ^a   Nilsson, Johan ^a   Payne, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High power fiber laser; Optical power scaling; Single mode fiber laser; Ytterbium doped fiber

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY FACTOR; CONTINUOUS WAVES; FIBER PARAMETERS; HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS; LARGE-CORE FIBER LASERS; LAUNCHED PUMP POWER; MATERIAL DAMAGES; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; NONLINEAR SCATTERING; OPTICAL POWER; OUTPUT POWER; PUMP POWER; SINGLE MODE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; YTTERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; YTTERBIUM-DOPED; YTTERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS;

FIBERS; LASER CLADDING; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 76849105007     PISSN: 12264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3807/JOSK.2009.13.4.416     Document Type: Article

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