Tunability enhancement of Yb:YLF based laser

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2236-2241

  Alderighi, Daniele ^a   Pirri, Angela ^a   Toci, Guido ^a   Vannini, Matteo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); TUNING; YTTERBIUM;

HEAVILY DOPED; HIGH QUALITY; LASER EFFICIENCY; LASING WAVELENGTH; NUMERICAL MODELS; OUTPUT COUPLERS; OUTPUT COUPLING; TUNABILITIES; TUNABLE LASERS; TUNING RANGES; YLF CRYSTALS;

YLF LASERS;

EID: 76149117782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.002236     Document Type: Article

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