Theoretical study on the laser performances of Nd3+: YAG and Nd3+: YVO4 under indirect and direct pumping

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2564-2569

  Huang, Zhiyun ^a,b   Huang, Yidong ^a   Chen, Yujin ^a   Luo, Zundu ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); QUENCHING;

ABSORBED PUMPING POWERS; DIRECT PUMPING; FOUR-LEVEL SYSTEM; INDIRECT PUMPING; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

LASERS;

EID: 30844448670     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002564     Document Type: Article

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