Temperature and gain dynamics in flashlamp-pumped Er:YAG

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1636-1644

  Majaron, Boris ^a,c,d   Rupnik, Tanja ^a,b,c,e   Lukač, Matjaž ^{a,b,c,d,f,g,h}  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b FOTONA D D   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d International Society for Optical Engineering

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f Laser Division   (Slovenia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; FLUORESCENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

LASER CRYSTAL; MULTIPHONON RELAXATION; THERMAL IMAGING METHODS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0030241778     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.535369     Document Type: Article

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