Saturated absorption effects in CW-pumped solid-state lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1717-1725

  Brown, David C ^a   Bruno, Thomas M ^a   Vitali, Victoria ^a  

^a Snake Creek Lasers LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous wave lasers; lasers; solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFECTS; COLLIMATED BEAMS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; GAUSSIAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; LASER DEVICE; LASER INTENSITIES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTICAL THICKNESS; PUMP INTENSITIES; SATURATION EFFECTS; SATURATION INTENSITY; SOLID STATE LASER MATERIALS;

ABSORPTION; LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 78649312144     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2063418     Document Type: Article

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