Diode-pumped tunable Yb: YAG miniature lasers at room temperature: Modeling and experiment

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-104

  Taira, Takunori ^a,b,d,e,f,g   Saikawa, Jiro ^b   Kobayashi, Takao ^a,b,d,h,i   Byer, Robert L ^{a,c,f,j,k,l,m}  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Japanese Physical Society   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^l AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^m NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

Birefringent filter; Coupled cavity; Diode pumped solid state laser; M2 factor; Microchip crystal; Quasi three level laser; Single mode oscillation; Tunable laser; Yb:YAG

Indexed keywords

DIODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

BIREFRINGENT FILTER; COUPLED CAVITY; MICROCHIP CRYSTAL; QUASI THREE LEVEL LASER; TUNABLE LASER;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0031069559     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.585821     Document Type: Article

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