Passive Q-switching and mode-locking of erbium-doped fluoride fiber lasers at 2.7 μm

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 358-366

  Frerichs, Christian ^a   Unrau, Udo B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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EID: 0030269266     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.1996.0041     Document Type: Article

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