Influence of Yb concentration on Yb:KYW laser properties

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 300, Issue , 2000, Pages 238-241

  Demidovich, A A ^a   Kuzmin, A N ^a   Ryabtsev, G I ^a   Danailov, M B ^b   Strek, W ^c   Titov, A N ^d  

^a B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

^b Lab for Lasers and Optical Fibres   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF LOW TEMPERATURE AND STRUCTURE RESEARCH   (Poland)

^d VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

POTASSIUM YTTRIUM TUNGSTATE; SLOPE EFFICIENCY;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0033873225     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8388(99)00777-X     Document Type: Article

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