Gain-switched holmium-doped fibre laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 20872-20877

  Wu, Ka S ^a   Ottaway, David ^a   Munch, Jesper ^a   Lancaster, David G ^a,b   Bennetts, Shayne ^b   Jackson, Stuart D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; HOLMIUM; OPTICAL PUMPING; SILICATES;

GAIN-SWITCHED; OUTPUT PULSE; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE STACKING; PUMP SOURCES; SINGLE MODE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

PUMPING (LASER);

GLASS; HOLMIUM; SILICATE; THULIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; SOLID STATE LASER; TIME;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLASS; HOLMIUM; LASERS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SILICATES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; THULIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70749108777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020872     Document Type: Article

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