Efficient tunable laser operation of Tm:KGd(WO4)2 in the continuous-wave regime at room temperature

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1244-1251

  Petrov, Valentin ^a   Güell, Frank ^b   Massons, Jaume ^b   Gavalda, Josefina ^b   Sole, Rosa Maria ^b   Aguilo, Magdalena ^b   Diaz, Francesc ^b   Griebner, Uwe ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THULIUM; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

ABSORBED PUMP POWER; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MONOCLINIC DOUBLE TUNGSTATES; THREE LEVEL LASER; TUNABLE LASER OPERATION;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 4544318628     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.833193     Document Type: Article

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