Power scaling of 2 μm ytterbium-sensitised thulium-doped silica fibre laser diode-pumped at 975 nm

Electronics Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 173-174

  Jeong, Y ^a   Dupriez, P ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Nilsson, J ^a   Shen, D Y ^a   Clarkson, W A ^a   Jackson, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FIBER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIRRORS; MONOCHROMATORS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICA; THULIUM; YTTERBIUM;

LASER OUTPUT POWER; OSCILLOSCOPES; POWER SCALING; PUMP POWER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 15244354770     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20057534     Document Type: Article

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