Thulium: ZBLAN blue fiber laser pumped by two wavelengths

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 3381-3386

  Tohmon, Genji ^a   Sato, Hisanao ^a   Ohya, Jun ^a   Uno, Tomoaki ^a  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

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EID: 0038654917     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.003381     Document Type: Article

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