Modeling a diode pumped Er:Yb:glass laser with Co2+:spinel passive Q-switch

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5707, Issue , 2005, Pages 183-193

  Nijjar, Anmol S ^a   Gruber, John B ^a   Nijjar, Vikrum S ^b   Chinn, Stephen R ^c   Bowers, Mark S ^d  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIRECTORATE   (United States)

^d ACULIGHT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Co2+:spinel; Er:Yb:glass; GUI; Q Switching; Rate equation model

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ERBIUM ALLOYS; GLASS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; LASER BEAMS; LASER THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITIVE IONS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; REACTION KINETICS; YTTERBIUM;

CO2+: SPINEL; ER:YB:GLASS; LASER DYNAMICS; RATE EQUATION MODELS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 21844437317     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.591292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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