High power pulse amplification in Tm-doped fiber

2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/QELS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Creeden, Daniel ^a   Budni, Peter ^a   Ketteridge, Peter A ^a   Pollak, Thomas M ^a   Chicklis, E P ^a   Fritn, Gavin ^b   Samson, Bryce ^b  

^a BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b NUFERN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPED FIBERS; ELECTRO-OPTICS; LASER SCIENCE;

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRON OPTICS; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER LASERS; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 51349132012     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4550956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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