Compact high-energy Q-switched cladding-pumped fiber laser with a tuning range over 40 nm

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 976-978

  Renaud, C C ^a   Selvas Aguilar, R J ^a   Nilsson, J ^a   Turner, P W ^a   Grudinin, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SILICA; SILICONES; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; YTTERBIUM;

HIGH ENERGY; OPTICAL FIBER LASERS; Q SWITCHED CLADDING PUMPED FIBER LASER; TUNABILITY;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032683957     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.775318     Document Type: Article

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