80mJ /1.64μm pulsed Er:Yb:YAG diode-pumped laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5460, Issue , 2004, Pages 272-283

  Georgiou, Efstratios ^a   Kiriakidi, Foteini ^a   Musset, Olivier ^b   Boquillon, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Diode pumped; Erbium laser; Eyesafe wavelength; Pulsed crystalline laser; Solid state laser

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LASERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; LASER OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTIMIZATION; Q SWITCHED LASERS; RELIABILITY; SOLID STATE LASERS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; YTTERBIUM; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIODE-PUMPED; ERBIUM LASER; EYESAFE WAVELENGTH; PULSED CRYSTALLINE LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 10044273107     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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