Ultra-efficient Ho:YAG laser end-pumped by a cladding-pumped Tm-doped silica fiber laser

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Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 7-12

  Abdolvand, A ^a   Shen, D Y ^a   Cooper, L J ^a   Williams, R B ^a   Clarkson, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

DOPED SILICAS; END-PUMPED; HO:YAG LASERS; INCIDENT PUMP POWER; SILICA FIBER LASERS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TM-DOPED; TUNABLES; ULTRA-EFFICIENT;

SILICA;

EID: 85136211643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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