Cryogenic Yb3+-doped solid-state lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 448-458

  Fan, Tso Yee ^a,b   Ripin, Daniel J ^b   Aggarwal, Roshan L ^b   Ochoa, Juan R ^b   Chann, Bien ^b   Tilleman, Michael ^c   Spitzberg, Joshua ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Minuteman Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser thermal factors; Lasers; Optical materials

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; LASER THERMAL FACTORS; POWER SCALABILITY;

CRYOGENICS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); OPTICAL MATERIALS; POSITIVE IONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; YTTERBIUM;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 34250752870     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896602     Document Type: Article

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