Waveguide laser formed in YAG:Nd3+ crystal by femtosecond laser inscription

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5707, Issue , 2005, Pages 258-264

  Okhrimchuk, A G ^a   Shestakov, A V ^a   Khrushchev, I ^b   Bennion, I ^b  

^a Elements of Laser Systems Corporation   (Russian Federation)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diode pumped laser; Refractive index change

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; FUNCTIONS; LASER THEORY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POSITIVE IONS; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIODE-PUMP LASERS; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGE; WAVEGUIDE LASERS;

LASERS;

EID: 21844480355     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.589872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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