Efficient fiber-laser pumped Ho:LuLiF4 laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7721, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kim, J W ^a   MacKenzie, J I ^a   Parisi, Daniela ^b   Veronesi, Stefano ^b   Tonelli, Mauro ^b   Clarkson, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diode pumped; Fiber laser; Fiber laser pumped; Ho; LuLiF; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED PUMP POWER; DIODE-PUMPED; FUTURE PROSPECTS; GAIN PEAKS; HO; IN-BAND; IN-BAND PUMPING; LASER EFFICIENCY; LASER LEVEL; LASER PERFORMANCE; LASING WAVELENGTH; LULIF; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT COUPLING; POWER-SCALING; RESONATOR CONFIGURATION; SILICA FIBER LASERS; SILICA FIBERS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TM-DOPED;

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; HOLMIUM; LASERS; MIRRORS; PUMPS; RESONATORS; SILICA; SOLID STATE LASERS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 77957875260     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.853806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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