Diode-pumped waveguide lasers and amplifiers based on highly doped Y2SiO5: Yb epitaxial layers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1862-1866

  Thibault, Florent ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DIODE AMPLIFIERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

DIODE-PUMPED WAVEGUIDE LASERS; MONOLITHIC WAVEGUIDE LASERS; PROPAGATION LOSS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548647551     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001862     Document Type: Article

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