High power thulium doped fiber lasers

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Clarkson, W A ^a   Pearson, L ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Kim, J W ^a   Shen, D ^a   Boyland, A J ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Ibsen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

140.3510 Lasers, fiber; 140.3570 Lasers, single mode; 140.3600 Lasers, tunable

Indexed keywords

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICA; THULIUM;

140.3600 LASERS, TUNABLE; DOPED SILICAS; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; LASERS , FIBER; RECENT PROGRESS; SINGLE MODE; THULIUM-DOPED FIBERS; WAVELENGTH REGIMES;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84897072539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2009.owt1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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