In-band pumped highly efficient Ho:YAG ceramic laser with 21 W output power at 2097 nm

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1575-1577

  Chen, Hao ^a,c   Shen, Deyuan ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Yang, Hao ^b   Tang, Dingyuan ^b   Zhao, Ting ^c   Yang, Xiaofang ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC LASERS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY OPERATIONS; HIGH-POWER; IN-BAND; INCIDENT PUMP POWER; LASING CHARACTERISTICS; OUTPUT COUPLERS; OUTPUT POWER; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; YAG;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; FIBER LASERS; HOLMIUM; PUMPS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 79956300390     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.001575     Document Type: Article

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