Pulse evolution of a Q-switched ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2521-2526

  Wang, Yong ^a   Martinez Rios, Alejandro ^a   Po, Hong ^a  

^a Lasersharp Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Double clad; Fiber laser; Q switching; Self mode locking; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; DIFFRACTION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

SELF-MODE-LOCKING EFFECT; YTTERBIUM-DOPED DOUBLE-CLAD FIBER LASER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0142059797     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1592168     Document Type: Article

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