The renaissance and bright future of fibre lasers

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Tunnermann A ^a,b   Schreiber, T ^a   Roser F ^a   Liem, A ^a   Hofer S ^a   Zellmer, H ^a   Nolte, S ^a   Limpert, J ^a,c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^c CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTONS; SOLID STATE LASERS; STIMULATED EMISSION;

OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; RENAISSANCE; SOLID STATE MATERIALS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 21044435518     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/38/9/016     Document Type: Article

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