Progress in ceramic lasers

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 2006, Pages 397-429

  Ikesue, Akio ^a   Aung, Yan Lin ^a   Taira, Takimori ^b   Kamimura, Tomosumi ^c   Yoshida, Kunio ^c   Messing, Gary L ^d  

^a World Lab Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Garnet; Nd:YAG; Scattering; Sintering; Solid state laser

Indexed keywords

HIGH EFFICIENCY LASER OSCILLATION; HIGH THERMAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ND:YAG; SINGLE CRYSTAL LASERS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GARNETS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OSCILLATIONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SINTERING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 33744777585     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.matsci.36.011205.152926     Document Type: Article

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