Investigations of optical and generation properties of strongly doped erbium laser glasses (SELG) designed for 1,5 μm microchip lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6599, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mlynczak, J ^a   Kopczynski, K ^a   Mierczyk, Z ^a  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Eye safe lasers; Microchip laser; Strong erbium laser glass

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; EYE PROTECTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EYE-SAFE LASERS; MICROCHIP LASER; SLOP EFFICIENCY; STRONG ERBIUM LASER GLASS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34249056605     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.726651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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