Efficient laser emission in concentrated Nd laser materials under pumping into the emitting level

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 240-245

  Lupei, Voicu ^a   Pavel, Nicolaie ^a   Taira, Takunori ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC PHYSICS   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser excitation; Laser thermal factors; Neodymium: solid lasers; Neodymium: YAG lasers; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CRYSTALS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

LASER EMISSIONS; LASER EXCITATIONS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0036503804     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.985563     Document Type: Article

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