Diode-laser-pumped tunable 896-939.5-nm neodymium-doped fiber laser with 43-mW output power

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3276-3281

  Cook, Anthony L ^a   Hendricks, Herbert D ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0342819324     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003276     Document Type: Article

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