Highly efficient continuous-wave laser oscillation in microchip Yb:YAG laser at room temperature

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 4-7, 2007, Pages

  Matsubara, Shinichi ^a   Ueda, Tsutomu ^a   Kawato, Sakae ^a   Kobayashi, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

High intensity pumping; High efficiency oscillation; Quasi three level; Room temperature; Yb:YAG

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); SAPPHIRE; WAVELENGTH;

HIGH INTENSITY PUMPING; HIGH-EFFICIENCY OSCILLATION; MICROCHIP CRYSTALS; QUANTUM-DEFECT-LIMIT; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 34547914467     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.46.L132     Document Type: Article

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