2.4-W narrow-linewidth Q-switched Tm3+-doped double-clad fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Qijie ^a,b   Yu, Ting ^b   Zheng, Yameng ^a,b   Zu, Jifeng ^b   Chen, Weibiao ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

actively Q switched; narrow linewidth; Tm3+ doped fiber laser

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTO-OPTIC MODULATOR; ACTIVELY Q-SWITCHED; AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; DOPED FIBER; DOUBLE CLAD FIBER LASER; DOUBLE-CLAD SILICA FIBER LASER; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIER SYSTEMS; NARROW-LINE WIDTH;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; Q SWITCHING; SILICA;

LINEWIDTH;

EID: 84875736059     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2251875     Document Type: Article

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