Wavelength resolved intracavity measurement of the cross sections of a Tm-doped fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1610-1615

  Engelbrecht, Martin ^a   Haxsen, Frithjof ^a   Wandt, Dieter ^a   Kracht, Dietmar ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTIMIZATION; WAVELENGTH;

FOUR-LEVEL OPERATION; INTRACAVITY MEASUREMENT; OUTPUT POWER; WAVELENGTH RESOLVED INTRACAVITY;

FIBER LASERS;

THULIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIOMETRY; THULIUM;

EID: 39049144628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001610     Document Type: Article

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