Solid-state lasers: Status and future [Invited]

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Huber, Guenter ^a   Kränkel, Christian ^a   Petermann, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED LASERS; LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE; DAILY LIVES; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; HOST MATERIALS; LASER CRYSTALS; LASER IONS; MID-INFRARED SPECTRAL RANGE; POTENTIAL WELLS; PULSED OPERATION; RUBY LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER TECHNOLOGY; STATE OF THE ART;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 78149395436     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000B93     Document Type: Article

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