1.34-μm efficient laser emission in highly-doped Nd:YAG under 885-nm diode pumping

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7948-7950

  Pavel, N ^a,b   Lupei, V ^a,b   Taira, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMAL EFFECTS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

LASER EMISSION; LASING WAVELENGTH;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 30144435153     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007948     Document Type: Article

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