Nanosecond pulse generation in a passively Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser by CR4+ saturable absorber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 764-766

  Laroche, Mathieu ^a   Gilles, H ^a   Girard, S ^a   Passilly, N ^a   Ait Ameur K ^a  

^a Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche Ions Lasers   (France)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Double clad fiber (DCF) lasers; Nonlinear optics; Q switched lasers

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; LASER TUNING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

DOUBLE-CLAD FIBER LASERS; NANOSECOND PULSE GENERATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33644637209     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.871678     Document Type: Article

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