Pr,Yb-doped Upconversion Fibre Laser Exceeding 1 W of Continuous-Wave Output in the Red Spectral Range

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 79-82

  Scheife, H ^a   Sandrock, T ^a   Heumann, E ^a   Huber, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

laser resonators (433); nonlinear optical devices (444); solid state lasers (432); visible lasers (121)

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); SAPPHIRE;

CONTINUOUS WAVE; LASER RESONATOR (433); NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICE (444); NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES; SOLID STATE LASER (432); SOLID-STATE LASERS; UP-CONVERSION; VISIBLE LASER (121); VISIBLE LASERS; YB-DOPED;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 85135446814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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