Planar waveguide lasers by proton implantation in ND:YAG crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2264-2269

  Flores Romero, E ^a   Vazquez G V ^b   Marquez H ^a   Rangel Rojo, R ^a   Rickards, J ^c   Trejo Luna, R ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PROTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LASER MATERIALS; PLANAR MIRRORS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 2942739359     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.002264     Document Type: Article

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