Rigorous scalar modeling of Er- and Er/Yb-doped waveguide lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2996, Issue , 1997, Pages 109-120

  Veasey, David L ^a   Gary, John M ^a   Amin, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erbium; Ion exchange; Laser; Modeling; Q switch; Sources; Waveguide; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONCRETES; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ERBIUM; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; LASER RESONATORS; LASERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUMPS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVEGUIDES; YTTERBIUM;

LASER; MODELING; Q-SWITCH; SOURCES; WAVEGUIDE;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 0342396691     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.271150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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