Amplified spontaneous emission - Application to Nd : YAG lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-109

  Barnes, Norman P ^a   Walsh, Brian M ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission, Nd:YAG; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LUMINESCENCE OF GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER);

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0032761437     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.737626     Document Type: Article

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