Continuous-Wave Oscillation of Holmium-Doped Silica Fibre Laser

Electronics Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 593-594

  Hanna, D C ^a   Percival, R M ^a   Smart, R G ^a   Townsend, J E ^a   Tropper, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doping; Lasers and laser applications; Optical fibres

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; SILICA--OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ARGON LASER; CONTINUOUS WAVE OSCILLATION; SILICA FIBER LASER; THRESHOLD POWER;

LASERS, SOLID STATE;

EID: 0024641539     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19890403     Document Type: Article

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