Tunable and efficient diode-pumped Yb3+:GYSO laser

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3333-3338

  Du, Juan ^b   Liang, Xiaoyan ^b   Xu, Yi ^b   Li, Ruxin ^b   Xu, Zhizhan ^b   Yan, Chengfeng ^a   Zhao, Guangjun ^a   Su, Liangbi ^a   Xu, Jun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; GADOLINIUM ALLOYS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); YTTERBIUM ALLOYS;

GSO; GYSO; SLOPE EFFICIENCY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33645826264     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003333     Document Type: Article

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