Q-switched erbium doped fibre laser utilising a novel large mode area fibre

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 393-394

  Lees, G P ^a   Taverner, D ^a   Richardson, D J ^a   Dong, L ^a   Newson, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fibre amplifiers; Fibre lasers

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBRE FIBERS; PEAK POWERS; PULSEWIDTHS; REPETITION RATE; SINGLE TRANSVERSE MODE FIBRE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031073973     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970253     Document Type: Article

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