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Tunable titanium doped sapphire fiber laser

Deshazer et al., 1987

Document ID
3340794677290972207
Author
Deshazer L
Kangas K
Route R
Feigelson R
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Infrared Optical Materials and Fibers V

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Sapphire fibers doped with 0.05 atomic% trivalent titanium were made by the laser-heated pedestal growth method with diameters from 500 to 1000-μm. The fibers were used as gain media in a tunable laser oscillator. They were end pumped by 532-nm frequency-doubled …
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