Physical origin of mode instabilities in highpower fiber laser systems

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 12912-12925

  Jauregui, Cesar ^a   Eidam, Tino ^a,b   Otto, Hans Jürgen ^a   Stutzki, Fabian ^a   StutzkiJansen, Florian ^a   Limpert, Jens ^a,b   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE JENA   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; OPTICAL FIBERS; WAVEGUIDES;

ACTIVE FIBERS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; LIMITING EFFECTS; NON-ADIABATIC; OUTPUT BEAM; OUTPUT POWER; POWER SCALING OF FIBER LASER; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THERMO-OPTICAL EFFECTS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84863747710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.012912     Document Type: Article

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