Compact fibre-laser-pumped Ho:YLF oscillator-amplifier system

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-106

  Koen, W ^a,b   Bollig, C ^a   Strauss, H ^a,c   Schellhorn, M ^d   Jacobs, C ^a,c   Esser, M J D ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER MODELS; FIBRE LASERS; OSCILLATOR AMPLIFIER; PUMP BEAMS; PUMP POWER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UPCONVERSION LOSS;

HOLMIUM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; YLF LASERS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 77951769069     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-009-3819-y     Document Type: Article

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