Passive Q-switching of a fiber laser using a side-polished birefringent fiber with index matching gel spread on the flat side

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-65

  Koo, Joonhoi ^a   Lee, Ju Han ^a  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENT FIBERS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; PASSIVE Q SWITCHES; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; Q-SWITCHED PULSE; REPETITION RATE; TEMPORAL WIDTH; TUNING CAPABILITY;

FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; Q SWITCHING;

FIBERS;

EID: 84881376743     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-013-5397-2     Document Type: Article

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