Characterisation of Raman gain spectra in Yb:YAG-derived optical fibres

Electronics Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 890-892

  Dragic, P D ^a   Ballato, J ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER SYSTEMS; PURE SILICA; RAMAN GAIN; RAMAN LINES; YAG;

ALUMINA; OPTICAL FIBERS; YTTERBIUM;

SILICA;

EID: 84880389811     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2013.1386     Document Type: Article

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