Abstract
Stimulated Brillouin scattering, stimulated Raman scattering, four-wave mixing, self phase modulation, self focusing, and optical dielectric breakdown limit the power obtainable from fiber amplifiers. We explore the limits on nanosecond pulse amplification in LMA fibers.
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