Thermal behaviour of ytterbium-doped fluorite crystals under high power pumping

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10098-10109

  Boudeile, J ^a   Didierjean, J ^a   Camy, P ^b   Doualan, J L ^b   Benayad, A ^b   Menard V ^b   Moncorge R ^b   Druon, F ^a   Balembois, F ^a   Georges, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORSPAR; PUMPING (LASER); YTTERBIUM;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; FLUORITE CRYSTALS; HIGH POWER PUMPING; LASER OPERATIONS; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL STUDY; THERMO-OPTIC COEFFICIENTS; YTTERBIUM-DOPED;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 47249131233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010098     Document Type: Article

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