10 mJ total output from a gain-switched Tm-doped fibre laser

Optics Communications

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 199-203

  Dickinson, B C ^a   Jackson, S D ^a,b   King, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; Gain switching; Infrared sources; Thulium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000417251     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00803-8     Document Type: Article

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