Quest of athermal solid state laser: Case of Yb:CaGdAlO4

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6190, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Petit, Johan ^a   Goldner, Philippe ^a   Viana, Bruno ^a   Didierjean, Julien ^b   Balembois, François ^b   Druon, Frédéric ^b   Georges, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER OSCILLATIONS; QUANTUM DEFECTS; SIGMA POLARIZATION;

LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POSITIVE IONS; REFLECTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; YTTERBIUM;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 33749571396     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.662036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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