Advances in laser cooling of thulium-doped glass

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1066-1074

  Hoyt, C W ^a   Hasselbeck, M P ^a   Sheik Bahae, M ^a   Epstein, R I ^b   Greenfield, S ^b   Thiede, J ^b   Distel, J ^b   Valencia, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORESCENCE; GLASS; HEATING; LASER APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REFRIGERATORS; THULIUM;

MULTIPLE-PASS PUMP SCHEME;

COOLING;

EID: 0037835956     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001066     Document Type: Review

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