Diode-pumped ytterbium-doped Sr5(PO4)3F laser performance

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 650-656

  Marshall, C D ^a   Smith, L K ^a   Beach, R J ^a   Emanuel, M A ^a   Schaffers, K I ^a   Skidmore, J ^a   Payne, S A ^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

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; YTTERBIUM;

DIODE ARRAY; DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS; NARROWBAND LASER PUMPED GAIN EXPERIMENT; SATURATION FLUENCE; YTTERBIUM DOPED LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0030129235     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.488839     Document Type: Article

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