Robustly single-mode polarization maintaining Er/Yb codoped LMA fiber for high power applications

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007, CLEO 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Carter, A ^a   Farroni, J ^a   Tankala, K ^a   Samson, B ^a   MacHewirth, D ^a   Jacobson, N ^a   Torruellas, W ^b   Chen, Y ^b   Cheng, M Y ^c   Galvanauskas, A ^c   Sanchez, A ^d  

^a NUFERN   (United States)

^b FIBERTEK INC   (United States)

^c University of Michigan   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ER/YB CO-DOPED; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; LARGE CORE; MODE SELECTION; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING; SINGLE MODE; SINGLE MODE OPERATION;

EID: 82955221832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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