Single-frequency fiber ring laser with 1 W output power at 1.5 μm

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3179-3184

  Polynkin, Alexander ^a   Polynkin, Pavel ^a   Mansuripur, Masud ^a   Peyghambarian, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; MELTING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHOSPHATES; RESONATORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EMISSION WAVELENGTHS; OUTPUT POWER; PHOSPHATE FIBERS; STANDING-WAVE LASERS;

RING LASERS;

EID: 21244452773     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003179     Document Type: Article

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