Application and development of high-power and highly efficient silica-based fiber lasers operating at 2 μm

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 567-572

  Jackson, Stuart D ^b   Sabella, Alexander ^c   Lancaster, David G ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infrared measurements; Lasers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber lasers

Indexed keywords

INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL DEVICE FABRICATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HIGH POWER LASERS; POSITIVE IONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SILICA;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34250753386     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896087     Document Type: Article

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