M2-characterization of beams emerging from LMA fibers by means of modal decomposition

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7914, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Flamm, Daniel ^a   Schulze, Christian ^a   Schmidt, Oliver A ^b   Schröter, Siegmund ^c   Duparré, Michael ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

beam propagation ratio; computer holography; fiber characterization; Laser beam characterization; metrology

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROPAGATION RATIO; COMPUTER HOLOGRAPHY; FIBER CHARACTERIZATION; LASER BEAM CHARACTERIZATION; METROLOGY;

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY; FIBER LASERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 79955855630     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.874722     Document Type: Conference Paper

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