Yb:YAG kinetics model including saturation and power conservation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-12

  Brown, David C ^a   Vitali, Victoria A ^a  

^a Snake Creek Lasers LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lasers; solid state lasers; ytterbium

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN; DETAILED KINETICS; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; HEAT FRACTION; KINETICS MODELS; PHASE DISTORTIONS; POWER CONSERVATION; POWER DENSITIES; PUMP BEAMS; RADIAL DIRECTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; YAG; YB:YAG LASER;

EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; YTTERBIUM;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 78650148149     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2063417     Document Type: Article

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