Cut-off analysis of 19-cell Yb-doped double-cladding rod-type photonic crystal fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9896-9907

  Poli, F ^a   Coscelli, E ^a   Alkeskjold, T T ^b   Passaro, D ^a   Cucinotta, A ^a   Leick, L ^b   Broeng, J ^b   Selleri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; YTTERBIUM;

AIR HOLES; CLADDING MODES; CORE DIAMETERS; CUT-OFF; CUTOFF WAVELENGTHS; DOUBLE-CLADDING; EFFECTIVE INDEX; HIGH ORDER MODE; IN-FIBER; KEY COMPONENT; LARGE MODE AREA; LASER SYSTEMS; POWER-SCALING;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 79955852524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009896     Document Type: Article

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