Chromium-doped forsterite: The influence of crystal characteristics on laser performance

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4159-4165

  Mc Kinnie, I T ^a   Gloster, L A W ^b   Jiang, Z X ^c   King, T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infrared lasers; Laser materials; Solid state lasers; Tunable lasers

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); IONS; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

CHROMIUM DOPED FORSTERITE; FIGURE OF MERIT; GAIN SWITCHED LASERS; LASER MATERIALS; SLOPE EFFICIENCY; THRESHOLD EFFICIENCY; THRESHOLD EXCITATION ENERGY;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030188721     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004159     Document Type: Article

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