7+1 to 1 pump/signal combiner for air-clad fiber with 15 μm MFD PM single-mode signal feed-through

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7580, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Noordegraaf, D ^a,b   Maack, M D ^a   Skovgaard, P M W ^a   Agger, S ^a   Alkeskjold, T T ^a   Laegsgaard J ^b  

^a NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Double clad fibers; Fiber optics components; High power pulsed fiber lasers; Photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

AIR-CLAD FIBERS; BACKWARD PUMPED CONFIGURATION; DOUBLE CLAD FIBERS; FEED THROUGH; FIBER OPTICS COMPONENTS; HIGH-POWER; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING; PULSE AMPLIFICATION; PULSED FIBER LASERS; SIGNAL COUPLING; SINGLE MODE; SINGLE-MODE GUIDANCE; TAPER RATIOS;

AMPLIFICATION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; PULSED LASERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; YTTERBIUM;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 77951837574     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.841557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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