A Yb3+/Tm3+/Ho3+ triply-doped tellurite fibre laser

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10690-10695

  Tsang, Yuen ^a   Richards, Billy ^b   Binks, David ^a   Lousteau, Joris ^b   Jha, Animesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; EFFICIENCY; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; YTTERBIUM;

CONTINUOUS-WAVE LASER EMISSION; DOUBLE-CLAD; FIBRE LENGTH; LAUNCHED PUMP POWER; MAXIMUM OUTPUT; OPTICAL-TO-OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; SILICA FIBRE LASERS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

PUMPING (LASER);

HOLMIUM; TELLURIUM; THULIUM; YTTERBIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; OPTICS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOLMIUM; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; OPTICS; TELLURIUM; THULIUM; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 47249163736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010690     Document Type: Article

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