1.047-μm Yb:Sr5(PO4)3F Energy Storage Optical Amplifier

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 67-77

  Marshall, Christopher D ^a   Payne, Stephen A ^a   Smith, Larry K ^a   Powell, Howard T ^a   Krupke, William F ^a   Chai, B H T ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY STORAGE; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SOLID STATE LASERS; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; TUNING; YTTERBIUM;

DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE AMPLIFIERS; ENERGY STORAGE OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; ENERGY TRANSMISSION PROPERTIES; LASER DAMAGE THRESHOLD; OPTICALLY DENSE CRYSTALS; RADIATION TRAPPING; SATURATION FLUENCE;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0029288676     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: 15584542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.468369     Document Type: Article

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