Quenching processes in Yb lasers; correlation to the valence stability of the Yb ion

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7193, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Engholm, Magnus ^a   Norin, Lars ^b   Hirt, Christian ^c   Fredrich Thornton, Susanne T ^c   Petermann, Klaus ^c   Huber, Günter ^c  

^a Acreo FiberLab ^*  (Sweden)

^b ACREO AB   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disk lasers; Fiber Lasers; Quenching processes; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

DISK LASERS; HIGH-POWER LASER SYSTEMS; INDUCED LOSS; KEY ISSUES; QUENCHING PROCESS; QUENCHING PROCESSES; UV IRRADIATION; YB LASER; YB-DOPED FIBER LASERS; YB:YAG CRYSTAL;

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); FIBER LASERS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASERS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; SOLID STATE LASERS; SYSTEM STABILITY; YTTERBIUM;

QUENCHING;

EID: 66749116103     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.808767     Document Type: Conference Paper

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