A Pr3+-doped ZBLAN fibre upconversion laser pumped by an Yb3+-doped silica fibre laser

Optics Communications

Volumn 134, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 139-144

  Pask, H M ^a   Tropper, A C ^a   Hanna, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre; Laser; Pr; Solid state; Upconversion; Yb

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PRASEODYMIUM; SILICA; YTTERBIUM;

UPCONVERSION PUMPED LASER;

OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS;

EID: 0030837239     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00549-4     Document Type: Article

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