Analytical study for investigating the behaviour of Nd-doped Glass, YAG and GGG under the heat capacity mode of operation

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1406-1412

  Mahajan, Rajni ^a   Shah, A L ^a   Pal, Suranjan ^a   Kumar, Anil ^a  

^a LASER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Compressive stress; Heat capacity; Small signal gain

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); DOPING (ADDITIVES); LASER MODES; NEODYMIUM; SPECIFIC HEAT;

DISK APERTURE; HEAT CAPACITY MODES; SMALL SIGNAL GAIN;

GLASS;

EID: 33847633118     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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