Performances of a polymer-cholesteric-liquid-crystal output-coupler in Nd-doped fiber lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 965-971

  Meziane, Belkacem ^a   Li, Chuin ^a   Carette, Pierre ^a   Warenghem, Marc ^a   Mitov, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ARTOIS   (France)

^b CEMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER OPTICS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; NEODYMIUM; SCANNING;

LASER CAVITIES; MATRIX METHODS; POLYMER NETWORKS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0041681139     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000965     Document Type: Article

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