Characteristics of laser operation at 1064 nm in Nd:YVO4 under diode pumping at 808 and 914 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-57

  Délen, Xavier ^a   Balembois, François ^a   Musset, Olivier ^b   Georges, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUMPS;

1064 NM; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTINUOUS WAVE; DIODE-PUMPING; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; LASER OPERATIONS; ND:YVO4; NUMERICAL MODELS; POPULATION INVERSIONS; PUMPING SCHEMES; Q-SWITCHED; SMALL-SIGNAL GAIN; UP-CONVERSION PROCESS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 78650856929     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000052     Document Type: Article

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