Generation investigation of "eye-safe" microchip lasers pumped by 974 nm and 939 nm wavelength

Optica Applicata

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 657-668

  Młyńczak, Jarosław ^a   Kopczyński, Krzysztof ^a   Mierczyk, Zygmunt ^a  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

"Eye safe" laser radiation; Erbium glasses; Microchip lasers

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; GLASS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LASER RADIATION; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PUMPS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

'EYE-SAFE' LASER RADIATION; ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ACTIVE MEDIAS; LASER GENERATIONS; MICROCHIP LASERS; OPTIMAL THICKNESS; PUMP WAVELENGTHS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; TWO DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 61449111053     PISSN: 00785466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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