1.65-μm Er: Yb: YAG diode-pumped laser delivering 80-mJ pulse energy

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Georgiou, Efstratios ^a   Kiriakidi, Foteini ^a   Musset, Olivier ^b   Boquillon, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Diode pumped; Erbium laser; Eye safe wavelength; Pulsed crystalline laser; Solid state laser

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SOLID STATE LASERS;

DIODE PUMPED LASER; ERBIUM LASER; EYE SAFE WAVELENGTH; PULSED CRYSTALLINE LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 24344456659     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1921708     Document Type: Article

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