Efficient diode pumping for Q-switched Yb:Er:Glass lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 3023-3032

  Levoshkin, Alexander ^a   Montagne, Jean E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b Compagnie Industrielle des Lasers ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; LENSES; OPTICAL PUMPING; Q SWITCHING;

DIODE PUMPING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0037487187     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003023     Document Type: Article

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