Ho: Tm lasers II: Experiments

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 104-111

  Lee, Chang J ^a,b   Han, Gooywan ^a   Barnes, Norman P ^c  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HOLMIUM; LASER THEORY; LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ENERGY TRANSFER PARAMETERS; HOLMIUM DOPED THULIUM LASERS; LASER MATERIALS; LASER PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL SLOPE EFFICIENCY; OUTPUT MIRROR REFLECTIVITY;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0029769450     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481925     Document Type: Article

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