Extremely large-mode-area photonic crystal fibre with low bending loss

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 15408-15418

  Napierała, Marek ^a,b   Nasiłowski, Tomasz ^b   Bereś Pawlik, Elzbieta ^a   Berghmans, Francis ^b   Wójcik, Jan ^c   Thienpont, Hugo ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

1064 NM; BENDING DIRECTIONS; BENDING LOSS; BENDING RADIUS; FIBRE LASERS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGH PEAK POWER; HIGH-POWER LASER SYSTEMS; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; LARGE MODE AREA; LOW BENDING LOSS; MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES; MODE FIELD AREA; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBRES; PROPAGATION LOSS; SHORT PULSE; SINGLE-MODE GUIDANCE;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 77954934987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.015408     Document Type: Article

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