Optimization of Er, Yb:YCOB for CW laser operation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1575-1582

  Burns, Phillip A ^a   Dawes, Judith M ^b   Dekker, Peter ^b   Piper, James A ^b   Jiang, Huaidong ^b   Wang, Jiyang ^c  

^a Shelston IP   (Australia)

^b Centre for Lasers and Applications   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS; SPECTROSCOPY; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE LASER; MIGRATION ENHANCED ENERGY TRANSFER; RATE EQUATION ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM CALCIUM OXABORATE;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 7444222500     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.834935     Document Type: Article

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