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<i>Q</i> -switched operation of a neodymium-doped monomode fibre laser

I.P. Alcock, A.C. Tropper, A. I. Ferguson, D.C. Hanna

Electronics Letters · 1986 · 50 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

Q-switched operation of a neodymium-doped monomode fibre laser at 1.08 μm has been demonstrated. An intracavity acousto-optic modulator was used to switch pulses of 200 ns duration and 8.8 W peak power at a repetition rate of 100 Hz.

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Fabrication of low-loss optical fibres containing rare-earth ions

Stephen Poole, D.N. Payne, M. E. Fermann · Electronics Letters · 1985 · 257 citations

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Neodymium-doped silica single-mode fibre lasers

R.J. Mears, L. Reekie, Stephen Poole et al. · Electronics Letters · 1985 · 219 citations

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