Northrop Grumman Develops Fiber Amplifier

A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARD INCREASING THE POWER of fiber lasers is a fiber amplifier developed by Northrop Grumman, which has produced 155 watts from a single, slender optical glass thread. The energy that emerges--infrared light with a single polarization--offers the possibility of combining...

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