High efficient 1.56 μm laser operation of Czochralski grown Er:Yb:Sr3y2(BO3)4 crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 17243-17248

  Huang, Jianhua ^a,b   Chen, Yujin ^a   Lin, Yanfu ^a   Gong, Xinghong ^a   Luo, Zundu ^a   Huang, Yidong ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ERBIUM; YTTERBIUM;

HEMISPHERICAL CAVITIES; HIGH EFFICIENT; LASER OPERATIONS; OUTPUT COUPLERS; PUMP THRESHOLD; QUASI-CW LASERS; SHORT-PULSE LASERS; SLOP EFFICIENCY;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 55349124971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.017243     Document Type: Article

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