Quasi-two-level Yb:KYW laser with a volume Bragg grating

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 13930-13935

  Hellström, Jonas E ^a   Jacobsson, Björn ^a   Pasiskevicius, Valdas ^a   Laurell, Fredrik ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER RADIATION; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAVELENGTH;

CRITICAL THERMAL EFFECTS; INPUT COUPLERS; QUANTUM DEFECT; VOLUME BRAGG GRATING;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 35348949596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.013930     Document Type: Article

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