Modeling of laser-pumped Tm and Ho lasers accounting for upconversion and ground-state depletion

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1645-1655

  Rustad, Gunnar ^a   Stenersen, Knut ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; HOLMIUM; INTEGRATION; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THULIUM;

HOMOGENEOUS RATE EQUATION; STIMULATED EMISSION;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 0030242708     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.535370     Document Type: Article

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