Laser action from an ultrafast laser inscribed nd-doped silicate glass waveguide

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 742-744

  Ramsay, Euan ^a   Thomson, Robert R ^a   Psaila, Nicholas D ^a   Kar, Ajoy K ^a   Reid, Derryck T ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser materials processing applications; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; LASER ACTION; LASER MATERIALS; LASER OSCILLATIONS; LASER PERFORMANCE; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; ND-DOPED; PROCESSING APPLICATIONS; SILICATE GLASS; SINGLE TRANSVERSE MODES; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; ULTRAFAST FIBER LASERS; ULTRAFAST LASER; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; WAVEGUIDE LOSS;

FIBER LASERS; GLASS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PUMPING (LASER); SILICATES; SUBSTRATES; WAVEGUIDES;

GLASS LASERS;

EID: 77953277619     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2044993     Document Type: Article

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