230-kW peak power femtosecond pulses from a high power tunable source based on amplification in Tm-doped fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7424-7431

  Imeshev, G ^a   Fermann, M E ^a  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; LASERS;

ALL-FIBER LASERS; WAVELENGTH TUNABILITY;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 25144478551     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007424     Document Type: Article

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