Long wavelength operation of double-clad Tm:silica fiber lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6453, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sacks, Zachary S ^a   Schiffer, Zeev ^a   David, Doron ^a  

^a Elbit Systems Electro Optics Elop Limited   (Israel)

Author keywords

2.1 micron; Fiber laser; Thulium silica; Wavelength selection

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; MIRRORS; REFLECTION; SILICA; WAVELENGTH;

2.1 MICRON; CLAD FIBERS; THULIUM SILICA; WAVELENGTH SELECTION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34248373851     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.700525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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7. Spectra courtesy of Brian M. Walsh, NASA Langley Research Center, 2005.