Resonantly diode-pumped eyesafe Er:YAG lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5707, Issue , 2005, Pages 117-127

  Setzler, Scott D ^a   Konves, James R ^a   Chicklis, E P ^a  

^a BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; LASER TRANSITIONS; OPTICAL PARAMETERIC OSCILLATORS (OPO); SLOPE EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM ALLOYS; FIBER LASERS; LASER THEORY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 21844434182     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.584372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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