@inproceedings{13d9b50955d4499a81dc142a185290b9,
title = "The materials science and engineering of optical nonlinearities and their mitigation in high power lasers",
abstract = "Continued progress in the development of optical fiber-based lasers has led to the present state where further improvements in performance are limited by intrinsic optical nonlinearities. In order to manage such limitations, laser designers have largely adopted the approach of microstructuring the fiber to shift nonlinear thresholds to high optical powers. The nonlinearities are accepted as fixed and performance is enhanced through fiber geometric complexity. This talk treats a different option, which is to mitigate optical nonlinearities at their fundamental origin: the materials with which the light interacts.",
keywords = "Fiber lasers, glass optical fiber, nonlinearities",
author = "John Ballato and Hawkins, {T. W.} and M. Cavillon and Dragic, {P. D.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2019 SPIE.; High Power Lasers: Technology and Systems, Platforms, Effects III 2019 ; Conference date: 11-09-2019 Through 12-09-2019",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1117/12.2538457",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Harro Ackermann and Bohn, {Willy L.} and Titterton, {David H.}",
booktitle = "High Power Lasers",
}