The route toward a diode-pumped 1-W erbium 3-μm fiber laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1982-1990

  Pollnau, Markus ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diode pumped lasers; Infrared lasers; Laser biomedical applications; Optical fiber lasers; Rare earth lasers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERBIUM; LASER MODES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COATINGS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; INFRARED LASERS; PUMP INTENSITY; RATE EQUATION ANALYSIS; ZBLAN LASER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031270197     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.641313     Document Type: Article

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