Effects of the excitation density on the laser output of two differently doped Yb:YAG ceramics

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 17262-17272

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

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LASER EXCITATION; PUMPS; YTTERBIUM;

DOPED CERAMICS; DOPED SAMPLE; DOPING CONCENTRATION; EXCITATION DENSITY; EXCITED LEVELS; LASER OUTPUT; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; NONLINEAR LOSS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OUTPUT POWER; POPULATION INVERSIONS; PUMP POWER; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; YAG;

PUMPING (LASER);

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; COLD; LIGHT; SOLID STATE LASER;

CERAMICS; COLD TEMPERATURE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LIGHT;

EID: 77955623500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.017262     Document Type: Article

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