Tm:KY(WO4)2 waveguide laser

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5885-5892

  Rivier, S ^a   Mateos, X ^a   Petrov, V ^a   Griebner, U ^a   Romanyuk, Y E ^b,c   Borca, C N ^b,d   Gardillou, F ^b,e   Pollnau, M ^b,f  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e Teem Photonics SA   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; PUMPING (LASER); SAPPHIRE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THULIUM; TITANIUM;

DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; MONOCLINIC PLANAR WAVEGUIDE CRYSTALS; WAVEGUIDE LASING;

PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34247882910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005885     Document Type: Article

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