Influence of doping concentration on the power performance of diode-pumped continuous-wave Tm 3+:YAlO 3 lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 667-673

  Kalaycioglu, Hamit ^a,b   Sennaroglu, Alphan ^a,b,c,d,e   Kurt, Adnan ^b  

^a IEEE   (Turkey)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Koç University ^*  (Turkey)

^d Network of Excellence in Micro Optics (NEMO)   (United States)

^e Optics Committee of Turkey   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross relaxation; Diode pumped solid state lasers; Mid infrared lasers; Spectroscopic measurements; Tm:YAP lasers

Indexed keywords

CROSS RELAXATION; DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASERS; MID-INFRARED LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; TM:YAP LASERS;

DIODE AMPLIFIERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORESCENCE; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 27344460136     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.850597     Document Type: Article

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