A monolithic thulium doped single mode fiber laser with 1.5ns pulsewidth and 8kW peak power

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7914, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ding, Jianwu ^a   Sampson, Bryce ^a   Carter, Adrian ^a   Wang, Chiachi ^a   Tankala, Kanishka ^a  

^a NUFERN   (United States)

Author keywords

eye safe laser; gain switch; pulse laser; thulium doped fiber laser

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; CLADDING FIBERS; DOPED FIBER; EYE-SAFE LASERS; GAIN-SWITCH; GAIN-SWITCHED; HIGH PEAK POWER; INPUT PULSE ENERGY; OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER; PEAK POWER; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE LASER; PULSE TRAIN; PULSEWIDTHS; PUMP PULSE; REPETITION RATE; SPATIAL MODES; TM-DOPED FIBER LASER;

CLADDING (COATING); FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PUMPING; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; THULIUM;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 79955838427     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.876867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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