Passively Q-switched 2.8-μm nanosecond fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1741-1744

  Wei, Chen ^a,b   Zhu, Xiushan ^a   Norwood, Robert A ^a   Peyghambarian, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; Mid infrared (MIR) lasers; Q switched lasers

Indexed keywords

DIODE-PUMPED; HIGH-POWER; MIDINFRARED; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PEAK POWER; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; REPETITION RATE; SINGLE MODE; ZBLAN FIBER;

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; GLASS FIBERS; INFRARED DEVICES;

Q SWITCHING;

EID: 84866388563     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2215021     Document Type: Article

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