All-fiber 1.15 mJ pulsed eye-safe optical source

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5335, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-7

  Philippov, V ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Codemard, C ^a   Clarkson, W A ^a   Jang, J N ^a   Nilsson, J ^a   Pearson, G N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active Q switch; Er Yb fiber pulsed amplifier; Fiber ring laser

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE Q-SWITCH; ER-YB FIBER PULSED AMPLIFIERS; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER (EDFA); FIBER RING LASERS;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ERBIUM; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; Q SWITCHING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 4344703743     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.527451     Document Type: Conference Paper

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