Energy-transfer studies and efficient cw laser operation of a cw Er,Yb: YCOB laser at 1.55 μm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4968, Issue , 2003, Pages 79-86

  Burns, Phillip ^a   Dawes, Judith M ^a   Dekker, Peter ^a   Piper, James A ^a   Jiang, Huaidong ^b   Jiang, Huiajing ^b   Wang, Jiyang ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

LASER RANGE;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0141858776     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.501641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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