Influence of active ion concentration and crystal parameters on pulsed Cr:YAG laser performance

Optics Communications

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-140

  Diettrich, Jan C ^a   McKinnie, Iain T ^a   Warrington, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER);

ACTIVE ION CONCENTRATION; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0032592333     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00298-9     Document Type: Article

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