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High-Power Fiber Lasers

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Fundamentals of Fiber Lasers and Fiber Amplifiers

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High-power fiber lasers occupy probably the most challenging and demanding place in the whole field of fiber laser technology; they also are state of the art. Both continuous-wave (CW) and pulsed high-power fiber laser systems constantly require technological advances. This chapter describes the main challenges in the development of high-power fiber lasers—the solution of which creates a path to successful laser development.

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Ter-Mikirtychev, V.V. (2019). High-Power Fiber Lasers. In: Fundamentals of Fiber Lasers and Fiber Amplifiers. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 181. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33890-9_10

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