Erbium 3-μm fiber lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-40

  Pollnau, Markus ^a   Jackson, Stuart D ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Optical Fibre Technology Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cascade laser; Energy recycling; Energy transfer upconversion; Erbium; Excited state absorption; Fluoride fiber laser; Laser efficiency; Laser in surgery; Mid infrared laser; Upconversion laser

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ERBIUM; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

CASCADE LASER; CRYSTAL LASER SYSTEM; ERBIUM FIBER LASERS; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; FLUORIDE FIBER LASER; LASER EFFICIENCY; MID-INFRARED LASER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0034980295     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.924006     Document Type: Article

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