Characteristics of Q-switched cladding-pumped ytterbium-doped fiber lasers with different high-energy fiber designs

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 199-206

  Renaud, Cyril C ^a   Offerhaus, H L ^a   Alvarez Chavez, J A ^a   Nilsson, J ^a   Clarkson, W A ^a   Turner, P W ^a   Richardson, D J ^a   Grudinin, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); LASER PULSES; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; YTTERBIUM;

BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0035250065     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.903069     Document Type: Article

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