Abstract
The use of optical waveguide geometries to maintain small spot sizes/high intensities over relatively long lengths can lead to high amplifications per unit pump power and low laser thresholds in laser- ion-doped materials. This has been successfully demonstrated in glass optical fibres, 1 and recently much work has been carried out on crystal host waveguides.2,3
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