The impact of modal interference on the beam quality of high-power fiber amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3258-3271

  Jauregui, Cesar ^a   Eidam, Tino ^a   Limpert, Jens ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FIBERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HIGH-POWER FIBER AMPLIFIERS; HOLE BURNING; LARGE MODE AREA FIBER; MODAL INTERFERENCE; QUALITY DEGRADATION; RATE EQUATIONS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 79951611902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.003258     Document Type: Article

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