Hollow-core optical fiber gas lasers (HOFGLAs): A review [invited]

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 948-961

  Vasudevan Nampoothiri, A V ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^b   Fourcade Dutin, C ^c   Mao, Chenchen ^a   Dadashzadeh, Neda ^b   Baumgart, Bastian ^a   Wang, Y Y ^c   Alharbi, M ^c   Bradley, T ^c   Campbell, Neil ^a   Benabid, F ^c   Washburn, Brian R ^b   Corwin, Kristan L ^c,d   Rudolph, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD SPECTRAL; HIGH OUTPUT POWER; HOLLOW CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; HOLLOW-CORE; INTERACTION LENGTH; LASER EMISSION; NARROW-LINE WIDTH; NEAR-IR;

FIBER LASERS; GAS LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 84866783560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000948     Document Type: Review

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