Characterization and optimization of Yb-doped photonic-crystal fiber rod amplifiers using spatially resolved spectral interferometry

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2001-2007

  Bromage, Jake ^a   Fini, John M ^b   Dorrer, Christophe ^a   Zuegel, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; YTTERBIUM;

CO-POLARIZED; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; MEASUREMENTS OF; MODE AREA; MODE FIELD DIAMETER; MODE SUPPRESSION; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 79958735983     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.002001     Document Type: Article

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