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Stretched-pulse operation of a thulium-doped fiber laser

Frithjof Haxsen, Axel Ruehl, Martin Engelbrecht, Dieter Wandt, Uwe Morgner, Dietmar Kracht

Optics Express · 2008 · 101 citations · 19 references

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We report on stretched-pulse operation of a thulium-doped fiber laser. The laser generated pulses at a center wavelength of 1974 nm with an energy of 4 nJ that could externally be compressed to a duration of 173 fs.

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