Modeling of energy-transfer upconversion and thermal effects in end-pumped quasi-three-level lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4753-4767

  Bjurshagen, Stefan ^a   Koch, Ralf ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ACREO AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PUMPING (LASER); RELAXATION PROCESSES;

COLOR DISPLAYS; REABSOPRTION LOSSES; UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION; UPCONVERSION EFFECTS;

LASERS;

EID: 4444243195     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.004753     Document Type: Article

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