3.7-Watt single-frequency cw Ho: YAG ring laser end-pumped by a cladding-pumped Tm-doped silica fibre laser

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 94, Issue , 2004, Pages 362-366

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCIES; HOLMIUM; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PUMPING (LASER); SILICA;

BEAM QUALITY; FOCAL LENGTH; PUMP POWER; UNIDIRECTIONAL OPERATIONS;

RING LASERS;

EID: 8744236970     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2004.362     Document Type: Conference Paper

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