Ultimate power limits of optical fibers

2010 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dawson, Jay W ^a   Messerly, Michael J ^a   Beach, Raymond J ^a   Shverdin, Miroslav Y ^a   Sridharan, Arun K ^a   Pax, Paul H ^a   Heebner, John E ^a   Siders, Craig W ^a   Barty, C P J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

CONVENTIONAL FIBERS; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; POWER LIMIT; POWER-SCALING; SINGLE APERTURE; UPPER BOUND;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77953918240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2010.omo6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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