Laser beam shaping and mode conversion in optical fibers

Photonic Sensors

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-198

  Mayeh, Mona ^a   Farahi, Faramarz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber beam shaping; fiber mode conversion; laser beam shaping

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954554364     PISSN: 16749251     EISSN: 21907439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13320-011-0028-1     Document Type: Article

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