Diode-pumped efficient Tm,Ho:GdVO4 laser with near-diffraction limited beam quality

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 11653-11659

  He, Wan Jun ^a   Yao, Bao Quan ^a   Ju, You Lun ^a   Wang, Yue Zhu ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RESONATORS; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

BEAM QUALITY; CAVITY CONFIGURATION; MODE COUPLING; RESONATOR STABILITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 37449033274     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011653     Document Type: Article

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