Measurement of gain and evaluation of photon avalanche efficiency in 10% Tm:KY(WO4)2 crystal pumped by free-running Nd:YAG laser

Optics Communications

Volumn 220, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 397-400

  Vatnik, S ^a   Balashov, E ^a   Pavljuk, A ^b   Golikova, E ^c   Lyutetskiy, A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NIKOLAEV INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c Sigm Plus Co   (Russian Federation)

^d IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Excited state absorption; Optical amplifiers; Photon avalanche

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PUMPING (LASER);

PHOTON AVALANCHE EFFICIENCY;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0038623915     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(03)01407-X     Document Type: Article

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