Mode-area scaling of helical-core dual-clad fiber lasers and amplifiers

Helical-core, dual-clad fibers have been designed for single-mode operation with 60-/spl mu/m cores and 0.10 NA. Helical fibers are shown to perform where conventional coiled fibers cannot operate, with possible scaling to 200-/spl mu/m-diameter helical cores.

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