Fiber-Laser-Pumped Er:YAG lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-371

  Kim, J W ^a   Shen, D Y ^a,b   Sahu, Jayanta K ^a   Clarkson, W Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Er; Lasers; Optical fiber lasers; Q switched lasers; Solid lasers

Indexed keywords

CLADDING-PUMPED FIBERS; COATING DAMAGES; CODOPED FIBER LASERS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; ER; ER: YAG; ER:YAG LASERS; HIGH-POWER; HYBRID FIBERS; HYBRID LASERS; IN BANDS; INCIDENT PUMP POWER; LASER CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FIBER LASERS; OUTPUT POWER; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSED MODES; Q-SWITCHED; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; SOL ID-STATE LASERS; SOLID LASERS; WAVELENGTH REGIMES;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LASER CLADDING; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; YTTERBIUM;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 64549140668     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2010248     Document Type: Article

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