High pulse energy 2 μm femtosecond fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1798-1803

  Wan, Peng ^a   Yang, Lih Mei ^a   Liu, Jian ^a  

^a PolarOnyx Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CHIRP MODULATION; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATIONS; FEMTOSECOND FIBER LASERS; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH PULSE ENERGY; LARGE MODE AREA FIBER; PULSE COMPRESSORS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE PICKER; PULSE TRAIN; REPETITION RATE; SEED LASERS; TM-DOPED;

PULSE AMPLIFIERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBER OPTICS; LASER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874104393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.001798     Document Type: Article

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