CW lasing of Ho in KLu(WO4)2 in-band pumped by a diode-pumped Tm:KLu(WO4)2 laser

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 20793-20798

  Mateos, Xavier ^a,b   Jambunathan, Venkatesan ^a   Pujol, Maria Cinta ^a   Carvajal, Joan Josep ^a   Díaz, Francesc ^a   Aguiló, Magdalena ^a   Griebner, Uwe ^b   Petrov, Valentin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED POWER; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CW LASING; DIODE-PUMPED; IN-BAND; IN-BAND PUMPING; LASER OPERATIONS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

HOLMIUM;

EID: 77958063541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.020793     Document Type: Article

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