2.3 W single transverse mode thulium-doped ZBLAN fiber laser at 1480 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 16019-16031

  Androz, G ^a   Bernier, M ^a   Faucher, D ^a   Vallee R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; GLASS FIBERS; THULIUM;

1064 NM; FLUORIDE FIBERS; LASER-BASED; QUANTUM LIMIT; RATE-EQUATION ANALYSIS; SINGLE TRANSVERSE MODES; TWO-PUMP; ZBLAN FIBER;

PUMPING (LASER);

FLUORIDE; THULIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORIDES; LASERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; THULIUM;

EID: 54749127394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.016019     Document Type: Article

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