Intrinsic limits of the efficiency of 3-μm Er:YAG laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5581, Issue , 2004, Pages 98-113

  Georgescu, S ^a   Toma, O ^a   Totia, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

Erbium; Solid state lasers; YAG lasers

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHONONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLID STATE LASERS;

CROSS-RELAXATION; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION (ESA); STOKES LOSSES; YAG LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 16644376763     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.582801     Document Type: Conference Paper

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