High-power and ultra-efficient operation of a Tm3+-doped silica fiber laser

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 98, Issue , 2005, Pages 516-520

  Shen, D Y ^a   Mackenzie, J I ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Clarkson, W A ^a   Jackson, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; LASER BEAMS; LASER OPTICS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICA; THULIUM;

CROSSRELAXATION; PUMP POWER; SILICA FIBER LASER; THREE BEAM-SHAPED DIODE-BARS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33645214739     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2005.516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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