Thulium-ytterbium co-doped fiber laser with 75 W of output power at 2 μm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5620, Issue , 2004, Pages 28-35

  Jeong, Y ^a   Dupriez, P ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Nilsson, J ^a   Shen, D ^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

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THULIUM ALLOYS;

BEAM QUALITY; COHERENT EMISSION; FIBER GEOMETRIES; HIGH POWER DEVICES;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 17644394578     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.578727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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