Pulse length and terminal-level lifetime dependence of energy extraction for neodymium-doped phosphate amplifier glass

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1487-1496

  Bibeau, Camille ^a,b,c,d   Trenholme, John B ^a,e,f,g,h   Payne, Stephen A ^a,i,j,k  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Australian Agency for International Development   (Australia)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^h NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); DOPING (ADDITIVES); LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL GLASS;

ENERGY EXTRACTION; NEODYMIUM DOPED PHOSPHATE AMPLIFIER GLASS; PULSE LENGTH; TERMINAL LEVEL LIFETIME;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0030215734     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.511562     Document Type: Article

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