Narrow linewidth, tunable, CW, thulium fiber lasers with VBG and GMRF stabilization

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7193, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sims, Robert A ^a   McComb, Tim ^a   Sudesh, Vikas ^a   Reichert, Matthew ^a   Richardson, Martin ^a   Poutous, Menelaos ^b   Roth, Zachary ^b   Johnson, Eric G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; GMRF; Laser stabilization; Tunability; VBG

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; EYE-SAFE; GMRF; GUIDED-MODE RESONANCE; HIGH-POWER; LASER STABILIZATION; NARROW LINEWIDTH LASERS; NARROW-LINE WIDTH; OUTPUT POWER; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TUNABILITY; VBG; VOLUME BRAGG GRATINGS;

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LASERS; LINEWIDTH; SOLID STATE DEVICES; STABILIZATION; THULIUM;

MIRRORS;

EID: 66749140445     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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