Whispering-gallery mode Nd-ZBLAN microlasers at 1.05 μm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3416, Issue , 1998, Pages 150-156

  Lissillour, F ^a   Ait Ameur K ^a   Dubreuil, N ^a   Stephan G ^a   Poulain, M ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cavity; Ellipticity; Fluoride glass; Microlaser; Microsphere; Plasma torch; Resonator; Silicate glass; Sphere; Whispering gallery modes

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; FLUORIDE MINERALS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL GLASS; OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA DEVICES; SILICATE MINERALS;

MICROLASERS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0038414790     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.323384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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