High-power linear-polarized narrow linewidth photonic crystal fiber amplifier

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7580, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wirth, Christian ^a,b   Schreiber, Thomas ^a   Rekas, Miroslaw ^a   Tsybin, Igor ^a   Peschel, Thomas ^a   Eberhardt, Ramona ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber amplifier; Fiber laser

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL POWER; DIFFRACTION-LIMITED BEAMS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGH POWER AMPLIFICATION; HIGH-POWER; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; HOLE BURNING; LARGE-MODE-AREA PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; MAXIMUM POWER; NARROW LINEWIDTH LASERS; NARROW-LINE WIDTH; POWER LEVELS;

AMPLIFICATION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; LINEWIDTH; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 77951805301     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.841650     Document Type: Conference Paper

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