Eye-safe Er,Yb:Y 2O 3 ceramic laser materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5786, Issue , 2005, Pages 242-250

  Eilers, Hergen ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic lasers; Condensation; Densification; Eye safe lasers; Gas phase; Nano; Powder; Vapor phase; Yttria

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC LASERS; EYE-SAFE LASERS; GAS-PHASE; NANO; VAPOR-PHASE; YTTRIA;

CONDENSATION; DENSIFICATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; LASER BEAMS; LASER OPTICS; LASER THEORY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POWDER METALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VAPORS; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 26844559727     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.603074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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