High efficiency diode-pumped Q-switched Yb:Er:glass lasers

Optics Communications

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 383-388

  Boutchenkov, V ^a   Kuchma, I ^a   Levoshkin, A ^a   Mak, A ^a   Petrov, A ^a   Hollemann, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b JENOPTIK Laser Optik Systeme GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING GLASS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

GLASS LASERS;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 0033873451     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00608-8     Document Type: Article

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