3-dimensional heat analysis in short-length Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped phosphate fiber laser with upconversion

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 235-247

  Liu, T ^a   Yang, Z M ^a   Xu, S H ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER UPCONVERSION; HEAT-FLOW MODELS; LASER PERFORMANCE; LASER-DIODE-PUMPED; LONGITUDINAL HEAT CONDUCTION; PHOSPHATE FIBERS; UP-CONVERSION;

PUMPING (LASER);

ERBIUM; GLASS; GLASS FIBER; LANTHANIDE; PHOSPHATE; YTTERBIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FIBER OPTICS; HEAT; KINETICS; LASER; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; OPTICS; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ERBIUM; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GLASS; HOT TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; LASERS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METALS, RARE EARTH; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOSPHATES; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 58449102740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.000235     Document Type: Article

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