Optical channel waveguides in Nd:LGS laser crystals produced by proton implantation

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 16258-16263

  Ren, Yingying ^a   Tan, Yang ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Jaque, Daniel ^b   Zhang, Huaijin ^a   Wang, Jiyang ^a   Lu, Qingming ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; NEODYMIUM; PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES; PROTONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVE VOLUMES; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE; IMPLANTATION PROCESS; INTEGRATED LASER; LASER CRYSTALS; LATTICE DAMAGE; MODAL FIELD; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; NUCLEAR COLLISIONS; OPTICAL CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PROTON IMPLANTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVEGUIDING STRUCTURES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 77954891542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016258     Document Type: Article

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