1W average power at 589 nm from a frequency doubled pulsed Raman fiber MOPA system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6102, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dupriez, P ^a   Farrell, C ^a   Ibsen, M ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Kim, J ^a   Codemard, C ^a   Jeong, Y ^a   Richardson, D J ^a   Nilsson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber optics amplifiers and laser; Frequency doubling; Raman amplification

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER OPTICS AMPLIFIERS AND LASER; FREQUENCY DOUBLING; PULSED RAMAN PUMPING; RAMAN AMPLIFICATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33645961030     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.643864     Document Type: Conference Paper

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