1083nm ytterbium doped fibre amplifier for optical pumping of helium

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 787-789

  Chernikov, S V ^a,b   Taylor, J R ^a   Platonov, N S ^b   Gapontsev, V P ^b   Nacher, P J ^c   Tastevin, G ^c   Leduc, M ^c   Barlow, M J ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IRE Polus Group   (Germany)

^c LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre amplifiers; Optical pumping

Indexed keywords

GAS ABSORPTION; HELIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PERFORMANCE; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

HYPERPOLARIZED HELIUM; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER FIBER AMPLIFIER; SPECTRAL BROADENING; YTTERBIUM FIBER AMPLIFIER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031117028     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970487     Document Type: Article

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