Short-pulse, high-peak-power Q-switched Tm-silica fibre laser at 1.9 μm

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Qamar, Fadi ^a   King, Terence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rotating mirror; Short pulse duration and high peak power; Tm silica fibre lasers

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; PUMPING (LASER); SILICA;

ROTATING MIRROR; SHORT PULSE DURATION AND HIGH PEAK POWER; TM-SILICA FIBER LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 24344464874     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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