Efficient Ho:YLF laser pumped by tunable Tm-doped fiber laser

Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1727-1731

  Wang, Fei ^a,b   Shen, Deyuan ^b   Fan, Dianyuan ^b   Lu, Qisheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cladding pumped Tm doped fiber laser; Ho:YLF crystal; Hybrid fiber bulk laser; Lasers; Tunable

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; BULK LASERS; CLADDING-PUMPED TM-DOPED FIBER LASER; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; HO:YLF CRYSTAL; HYBRID FIBER; HYBRID FIBER-BULK LASER; INCIDENT PUMP POWER; LASER CRYSTALS; OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; OUTPUT POWER; PUMP SOURCES; PUMPING WAVELENGTH; QUANTUM DEFECTS; SILICA FIBER LASERS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TM-DOPED; TM-DOPED FIBER LASER; TUNABLE; TWO-MIRROR RESONATOR; WAVELENGTH REGIMES; YLF LASER;

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; HOLMIUM; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER CLADDING; PUMPS; RING LASERS; SILICA;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 70350482750     PISSN: 02587025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3788/CJL20093607.1727     Document Type: Article

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