An all-fiber laser generating cylindrical vector beam

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 10834-10838

  Zheng, Rui ^a   Gu, Chun ^a   Wang, Anting ^a   Xu, Lixin ^a   Ming, Hai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

ALL-FIBER LASERS; APPLYING PRESSURE; CYLINDRICAL VECTOR BEAM; GAIN MEDIUM; LASING WAVELENGTH; POLARIZED MODES; SWITCHABLE; YB-DOPED FIBERS;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; LIGHT; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77952705157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.010834     Document Type: Article

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