Single-frequency ytterbium-doped fiber laser with 26 nm tuning range

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 4617-4622

  Engelbrecht, Martin ^a   Ruehl, Axel ^a   Wandt, Dieter ^a   Kracht, Dietmar ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER RESONATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TUNING; WAVELENGTH;

LITTMAN LITTROW CONFIGURATION; RING CAVITY; SPECTRAL RANGE;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34247199518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.004617     Document Type: Article

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