Efficient single-transverse-mode laser-diode side-pumped thulium and holmium lasers - Modelling and experiment

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 315-318

  Rustad, Gunnar ^a   Hovland, Harald ^a   Stenersen, Knut ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diode laser arrays; Infrared and far infrared lasers; Laser theory; Rare earth and transition metal solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GROUND STATE; INFRARED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); RARE EARTHS; SOLID STATE LASERS; THULIUM; TRANSITION METALS;

DIODE LASER ARRAY; HOLMIUM LASERS; INFRARED AND FAR-INFRARED LASERS; LASER EXPERIMENTS; LASER MODELING; LASER-DIODE SIDE-PUMPED; MODELLING AND EXPERIMENTS; RARE-EARTH AND TRANSITION METAL SOLID-STATE LASERS; SINGLE TRANSVERSE MODES; THULIUM LASER;

LASER THEORY;

EID: 3843086469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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