Theoretical assessment of Nd:YAG ceramic laser performance by microstructural and optical modeling

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 814-820

  Aschauer, Ulrich ^a,b   Bowen, Paul ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CERAMIC PRODUCTION; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OPTIMIZATION; GRAIN SIZE; LASER MATERIALS; LASER PERFORMANCE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL EFFECT; ND : YAG LASERS; ND:YAG CERAMIC; ND:YAG CERAMIC LASER; OPTICAL MODELING; SINTERING ROUTES; SMALL GRAIN SIZE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LUMINESCENCE; NEODYMIUM; SINTERING; TRANSPARENCY;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 77649206960     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03475.x     Document Type: Article

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