Gain and absorption saturation coupling in end pumped Tm:YVO4 and Tm,Ho:YLF CW amplifiers

Optics Communications

Volumn 173, Issue 1-6, 2000, Pages 333-340

  Bourdet, Gilbert L ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CRYSTALS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PUMPING (LASER); THULIUM;

CONTINUOUS WAVE AMPLIFIERS; GROUND STATE DEPLETION; LASER INTENSITY;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0033882210     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00618-5     Document Type: Article

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