Integrated diamond sapphire laser

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2532-2548

  Fork, Richard L ^a   Walker, Wesley W ^a   Laycock, Rustin L ^a   Green, Jason J A ^a   Cole, Spencer T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAMONDS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LENSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SAPPHIRE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIAMOND SAPPHIRE LASERS; LASER GAIN ELEMENTS; OPTICAL POWER; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 3042600107     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002532     Document Type: Article

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