Thermodynamics of radiation-balanced lasing

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1075-1082

  Mungan, Carl E ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COOLING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORESCENCE; LASER BEAMS; RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE HEAT; YTTERBIUM;

RADIATION-BALANCED LASING;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0037835952     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001075     Document Type: Review

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