Continuous-wave oscillation of a monomode thulium-doped fibre laser

Electronics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 1988, Pages 1222-1223

  Hanna, D C ^a   Jauncey, I M ^a,b   Percival, R M ^a   Perry, I R ^a   Smart, R G ^a   Suni, P J ^a   Townsend, J E ^a,b   Tropper, A C ^a  

^a Department of Physics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doping; Lasers and laser applications; Optical fibres; Optical properties of substances

Indexed keywords

LASERS, SOLID STATE--SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SILICA--DOPING; THULIUM--APPLICATIONS;

CW OSCILLATIONS; FIBER LASER; MONOMODE FIBER; THULIUM-DOPED FIBER;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0024069981     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19880831     Document Type: Article

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