Holmium-doped ZBLAN fiber lasers at 1.2 μm

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8237, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhu, X ^a,b   Zong, J ^a   Norwood, R A ^b   Chavez Person, A ^a   Peyghambarian, N ^b   Prasad, N ^c  

^a NP PHOTONICS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

1.2 m lasers; fiber lasers; Holmium doped ZBLAN

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEDIUM; HOLMIUM-DOPED ZBLAN; LASER LEVEL; LONG LIFETIME; PHONON ENERGIES; TERBIUM IONS; ZBLAN FIBER; ZBLAN GLASS;

CERIUM; DESIGN; FIBER LASERS; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS FIBERS; HOLMIUM;

LASERS;

EID: 84859632892     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.906795     Document Type: Conference Paper

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