Laser operation of a bulk Tm3+:Germanate glass laser around 2 μm with 50 % internal slope efficiency

Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 745-746

  Fusari, F ^a   Lagatsky, A A ^a   Jose, Gin ^b   Jiang, Xin ^b   Jha, A ^b   Sibbett, W ^a   Brown, C T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED POWER; BULK GLASS; CRYSTALLINE COUNTERPART; CW-LASER; GERMANATE GLASS; KERR LENS; LASER CHARACTERIZATION; LASER OPERATIONS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TI:SAPPHIRE; TM-DOPED; TUNABILITIES;

CORUNDUM; FIBER LASERS; GLASS; LASER ACCESSORIES; QUANTUM OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SAPPHIRE; THULIUM; TITANIUM;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 72549102137     PISSN: 10928081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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