Rare-earth doped chalcogenide glass laser

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 666-667

  Schweizer, T ^a   Hewak, D W ^a   Payne, D M ^a   Jensen, T ^b   Huber, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glass; Solid lasers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GLASS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS LASER; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER; HEMISPHERICAL RESONATOR;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0030105590     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960430     Document Type: Article

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