Efficient laser operation with nearly diffraction-limited output from a diode-pumped heavily Nd-doped multimode fiber

Optics Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 266-268

  Griebner, U ^a   Koch, R ^a,c   Schonnagel H ^a   Grunwald, R ^b  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b Gesell Forderung Angewandter O   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001114971     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.21.000266     Document Type: Article

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