Highly efficient Er,Yb-doped fiber laser with 188W free-running and > 100W tunable output power

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4916-4921

  Shen, D Y ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Clarkson, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BEAM-QUALITY FACTORS; HEAT GENERATION; INFRARED AND FAR INFRARED LASERS; LASERS, DIODE-PUMPED;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 22744432105     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004916     Document Type: Article

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