Yb:YAG absorption at ambient and cryogenic temperatures

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 604-611

  Brown, David C ^{a,b,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Cone, Rufus L ^c,k   Sun, Yongchen ^f   Equall, Randy W ^d,e,k  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Snake Creek Lasers LLC   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Scientific Materials Corporation   (United States)

^e OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^f SPIE ^*

^g NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^h LASER INSTITUTE OF AMERICA   (United States)

ⁱ AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (United States)

^j AAAS   (United States)

^k AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cryogenic cooling; Solid state laser; Yb:YAG; Yb:YAG absorption; Yb:YAG laser

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC COOLING; YB:YAG; YB:YAG ABSORPTION; YB:YAG LASER;

BANDWIDTH; COOLING SYSTEMS; CRYOGENICS; GAS CONDENSATES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NITROGEN; SOLID STATE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 27344433031     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.850236     Document Type: Article

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