Power scaling concepts for fiber lasers

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 261-267

  Clarkson, W A ^a   Cooper, L J ^a   Wang, P ^a   Williams, R B ^a   Sahu, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER);

BEAM SHAPERS; CLADDING PUMPING; CORE GEOMETRIES; DIODE STACKS; HIGH ORDER MODE; HIGHER-ORDER-MODE; LAUNCHED PUMP POWER; MIRROR BEAMS; POWER-SCALING; TWO MIRRORS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84899138677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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