High-power widely tunable Tm:fibre lasers pumped by an Er, Yb co-doped fibre laser at 1.6¼m

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 6084-6090

  Shen, D Y ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Clarkson, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85010133960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006084     Document Type: Article

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