Erbium:ytterbium planar waveguide laser in ion-exchanged glass

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2996, Issue , 1997, Pages 121-134

  Winick, Kim A ^a   Vossler, Gerald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Smiths Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

Co doping; Erbium; Waveguide lasers; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBER LASERS; GLASS; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WAVEGUIDES; YTTERBIUM;

CO-DOPED; CO-DOPING; ERBIUM-YTTERBIUM CO-DOPED; LASER DEVICES; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; POWER THRESHOLDS; RATE EQUATION ANALYSIS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TRANSFER ENERGY; WAVEGUIDE LASERS;

ERBIUM;

EID: 58749088748     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.271151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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