Spectroscopy and efficient laser action from diode pumping of a new broadly tunable crystal: Yb3+:Sr3Y(BO3) 3

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1083-1091

  Chenais S ^a   Druon, F ^a   Balembois, F ^a   Georges, P ^a   Gaume R ^b   Haumesser, P H ^b   Viana, B ^b   Aka, G P ^b   Vivien, D ^b  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; PUMPING (LASER); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

THERMAL LIMITATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0038443922     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001083     Document Type: Article

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