Mode instability in high power fiber amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10180-10192

  Smith, Arlee V ^a   Smith, Jesse J ^a  

^a AS Photonics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH POWER FIBER AMPLIFIER; NARROW BANDWIDTH; SHARP THRESHOLD;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 79957620055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010180     Document Type: Article

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