High power narrow-band fiber-based ASE source

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4421-4427

  Schmidt, O ^a   Rekas, M ^a   Wirth, C ^a   Rothhardt, J ^b   Rhein, S ^b   Kliner, A ^b   Strecker, M ^c   Schreiber, T ^a   Limpert, J ^b   Eberhardt, R ^a   Tunnermann A ^a,b  

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

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c Westsachsische Hochschule Zwickau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT SOURCES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; TEXTILE FIBERS; YTTERBIUM;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; ASE SOURCE; ASE SPECTRA; BEAM COMBINATION; CENTER WAVELENGTH; DYNAMIC RANGE; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; HIGH POWER FIBER AMPLIFIER; HIGH-POWER; LIMITING FACTORS; NARROW BANDS; OUTPUT POWER; SMALL REGION; TWO STAGE; YB-DOPED FIBERS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 79952147754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.004421     Document Type: Article

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