Broad emission band of Yb3+ in the nonlinear Nb:RbTiOPO 4 crystal: Origin and applications

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 7228-7242

  Carvajal, J J ^a   Ciatto, G ^b   Mateos, X ^a,c   Schmidt, A ^c   Griebner, U ^c   Petrov, V ^c   Boulon, G ^d   Brenier, A ^d   Pena A ^a,e   Pujol, M C ^a   Aguilo M ^a   Diaz F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^c MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; MIRRORS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; YTTERBIUM;

BROAD EMISSION BANDS; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MULTI-SITE; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PASSIVE MODE-LOCKED; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER PUMPING; ULTRASHORT LASER PULSE; YTTERBIUM ION;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77950278528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.007228     Document Type: Article

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