High-power gain-switched Tm3+-doped fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 22964-22972

  Tang, Yulong ^a   Xu, Lin ^a   Yang, Yi ^a   Xu, Jianqiu ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LASER BEAMS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; YLF LASERS;

ACOUSTOOPTIC SWITCHES; AVERAGE POWER; DOPED FIBER; FILTERING EFFECTS; GAIN-SWITCHED; HIGH-POWER; LASER PULSE WIDTH; LASER WAVELENGTH; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE PEAK POWER; PULSED LASER; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TWO STAGE; YLF CRYSTALS;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 78149399422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.022964     Document Type: Article

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