The temperature dependence of Nd3+ doped solid-state lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 741-748

  Bass, Michael ^a   Weichman, Louis S ^b   Vigil, Steven ^b   Brickeen, Brian K ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c HONEYWELL   (United States)

^d Cutting Edge Optronics (CEO) Lasers   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser cross section; Q switching; Stimulated emission cross section; Temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEODYMIUM; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0037591608     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.810773     Document Type: Article

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