DocumentCode
2136290
Title
Tapered double-clad optical fibers as gain medium for high power lasers and amplifiers
Author
Ustimchik, V.E. ; Chamorovskii, Yu.K. ; Filippov, V.N. ; Kerttula, J. ; Ulanov, A.E. ; Nikitov, S.A.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Radio-Eng. & Electron., Moscow, Russia
fYear
2013
fDate
9-13 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
60
Lastpage
62
Abstract
We report advantages of tapered active double-clad fibers as gain medium for high power fiber lasers and amplifiers with diffraction limited output beam quality and extremely large output beam cross-section up to 100 μm in diameter.
Keywords
laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; diffraction limited output beam quality; extremely large output beam cross-section; high-power fiber amplifiers; high-power fiber lasers; tapered double-clad optical fibers; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Power lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers (CAOL), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Sudak
ISSN
2160-1518
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-0016-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CAOL.2013.6657527
Filename
6657527
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