On thermal effects in solid-state lasers: The case of ytterbium-doped materials

Progress in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 89-153

  Chénais, Sébastien ^a   Druon, Frédéric ^a   Forget, Sébastien ^a   Balembois, François ^a   Georges, Patrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Solid state lasers; Thermal lensing; Thermo optical effects; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMAL EFFECTS; YTTERBIUM;

DIODE-PUMPED YTTERBIUM-DOPED MATERIALS; THERMAL LENSING; THERMO-OPTICAL EFFECTS; YB-DOPED LASER CRYSTALS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 33847023992     PISSN: 00796727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pquantelec.2006.12.001     Document Type: Review

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