Optimizing the doping concentration and the crystal thickness in Yb 3+-doped microchip lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2061-2067

  Huang, Zhiyun ^a,b   Huang, Yidong ^a   Huang, Miaoliang ^a,c   Luo, Zundu ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; YTTERBIUM;

MICROCHIP LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0242364263     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002061     Document Type: Article

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