Solid-state lasers from an efficiency perspective

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 435-447

  Barnes, Norman P ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode pumped solid state lasers; Laser efficiency; Laser modeling; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; THERMOANALYSIS;

DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS; EFFICIENCY FACTORS; LASER EFFICIENCY; LASER MODELING;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 34250743210     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.895280     Document Type: Article

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