Large Mode Area Multi-Trench Fiber With Delocalization of Higher Order Modes

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Jain, Deepak ^a   Baskiotis, Catherine ^a   May Smith, Timothy C ^a   Kim, Jaesun ^b   Sahu, Jayanta K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Swift Valley Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fiber lasers; fiber optics; Optical fibers

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CYLINDRICAL SYMMETRY; DELOCALIZATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; LARGE MODE AREA FIBER; SINGLE MODE OPERATION; SOLID STRUCTURES;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

EID: 84906885329     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2301412     Document Type: Article

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