Preferential gain photonic-crystal fiber for mode stabilization at high average powers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 8656-8661

  Eidam, Tino ^a,b   Hädrich, Steffen ^a,b   Jansen, Florian ^a   Stutzki, Fabian ^a   Rothhardt, Jan ^a,b   Carstens, Henning ^a   Jauregui, Cesar ^a   Limpert, Jens ^a,b   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b,c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE JENA   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; YTTERBIUM;

AVERAGE POWER; CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIBER DESIGN; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; MODE FIELD DIAMETER; MODE STABILIZATION;

FIBERS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79955461526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.008656     Document Type: Article

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