Nanosecond pulse amplification in a 6000 μm2 effective area higher-order mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier

2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nicholson, J W ^a   Fini, J M ^a   Phillips, J ^a   DeSantolo, A ^a   Liu, X ^a   Feder, K ^a   Supradeepa, V R ^a   Westbrook, P ^a   Monberg, E ^a   DiMarcello, F ^a   Headley, C ^a   DiGiovanni, D J ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE; EFFECTIVE AREA; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; HIGHER-ORDER-MODE; NANOSECOND PULSE AMPLIFICATION;

ERBIUM; LASERS; PULSE AMPLIFIERS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84870351779     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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