Tuning, temporal, and spectral characteristics of the green (λ ∼ 549 nm), holmium-doped fluorozirconate glass fiber laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 638-645

  Funk, David S ^b,c   Stevens, S B ^b   Wu, S S ^b   Eden, J Gary ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a IEEE

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CRYSTALS; DYE LASERS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS FIBERS; LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL RECORDING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PRISMS; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

FREE RUNNING LASER; HOLMIUM DOPED FLUOROZIRCONATE GLASS; SELF PULSING BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0030126393     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.488837     Document Type: Article

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