Scaling the effective area of higher-order-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 24575-24584

  Nicholson, J W ^a   Fini, J M ^a   De Santolo, A M ^a   Liu, X ^a   Feder, K ^a   Westbrook, P S ^a   Supradeepa, V R ^a   Monberg, E ^a   Di Marcello, F ^a   Ortiz, R ^a   Headley, C ^a   Di Giovanni, D J ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE AREA; ER-DOPED; ER-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; HIGHER-ORDER-MODE; IMAGING MEASUREMENTS; NANOSECOND PULSE; OUTPUT BEAM; PEAK POWER; PULSE ENERGIES;

ERBIUM;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84868249054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.024575     Document Type: Article

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