Airclad fiber laser technology

Optical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Hansen, Kim P ^a   Olausson, Christina B ^a,b   Broeng, Jes ^a   Noordegraaf, Danny ^a,b   Maack, Martin D ^a   Alkeskjold, Thomas Tanggaard ^a   Laurila, Marko ^b   Nikolajsen, Thomas ^a   Skovgaard, Peter M W ^a   Srensen, Mads Hoy ^a   Denninger, Mark ^a   Jakobsen, Christian ^a   Simonsen, Harald R ^a  

^a NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

airclad fibers; high power fiber lasers; photonic crystal fibers

Indexed keywords

AIR-CLAD; AIR-CLAD FIBERS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FIBER-BASED SYSTEMS; HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS; HIGH-POWER SYSTEMS; LARGE CORE; LASER SYSTEMS; LASER TECHNOLOGIES; MEGAWATT POWER; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING; POWER HANDLING; ROD-TYPE FIBERS; SINGLE MODE; STABLE MODES;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS; TECHNOLOGY;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 80054830296     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3631872     Document Type: Article

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