All solid-state room temperature Er:YAG laser operating at 1617 nm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5707, Issue , 2005, Pages 385-393

  Spariosu, K ^a   Leyva, V ^a   Reeder, R A ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODE PUMPING; ER:YAG LASER ACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; WAVELENGTH BANDS;

DIODES; ERBIUM; FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS; GLASS; OPTIMIZATION; RANGE FINDERS; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMITTERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 21844444259     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.611349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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