High-inversion densities in Nd:YAG: Upconversion and bleaching

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 900-909

  Guy, S ^a   Bonner, C L ^b   Shepherd, D P ^b   Hanna, D C ^b   Tropper, A C ^b   Ferrand, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

Laser amplifiers; Laser thermal factors; Lasers; Neodymium: YAG lasers; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER); RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

HIGH INVERSION DENSITY; LASER THERMAL FACTORS; LIFETIME MEASUREMENT; UPCONVERSION;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0032075582     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.668778     Document Type: Article

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