High-energy single-transverse-mode Q-switched fiber laser based on a multimode large-mode-area erbium-doped fiber

Optics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1683-1685

  Offerhaus, H L ^a   Broderick, N G ^a   Richardson, D J ^a   Sammut, R ^b   Caplen, J ^a   Dong, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY LASERS; LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; Q SWITCHED LASERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MULTIMODE LARGE MODE AREA ERBIUM DOPED FIBER; SPATIAL MODE QUALITY;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032209185     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.23.001683     Document Type: Article

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