Continuous wave erbium-doped fiber laser with output power of >100 W at 1550 nm in-band core-pumped by a 1480nm Raman fiber laser

CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO_SI 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Supradeepa, V R ^a   Nicholson, J W ^a   Feder, K ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS;

1550 NM; CONTINUOUS WAVE; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; IN-BAND; OUTPUT POWER; RAMAN FIBER LASERS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 84890587904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2012.cm2n.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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