Room Temperature Dy: YLF Laser Operation at 4.34 µm

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 277-282

  Barnes, Norman P ^a   Allen, Roger E ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSPROSIUM; OPTICAL PUMPING; SPECTROSCOPY, ABSORPTION; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

DYSPROSIUM: YLF LASERS; LASER PUMPING; SLOPE EFFICIENCY; THRESHOLD;

LASERS, SOLID STATE;

EID: 0026107149     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.78231     Document Type: Article

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