Swift nitrogen ion irradiated waveguide lasers in Nd:YAG crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 5522-5527

  Ren, Yingying ^a   Dong, Ningning ^a,b   Chen, Feng ^a   Jaque, Daniel ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PUMPING (LASER); WAVEGUIDES;

BULK MATERIALS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; END-PUMPING; LASER OSCILLATIONS; LASER PROPERTY; ND:YAG CRYSTAL; NITROGEN ION IRRADIATION; PUMP POWER; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; WAVEGUIDE LASERS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 79952600551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.005522     Document Type: Article

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