Numerical modeling of a continuous-wave Yb-doped bulk crystal laser emitting on a three-level laser transition near 980 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 572-581

  Yiou, Sylvie ^a   Balembois, François ^a   Georges, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TRANSPARENCY;

BULK CRYSTAL LASERS; LASER TRANSITION;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 17644378065     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000572     Document Type: Article

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