Resonant in-band pumping of cryo-cooled Er3+:YAG laser at 1532, 1534 and 1546 nm: A comparative study

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-233

  Ter Gabrielyan, Nikolay ^a   Fromzel, Viktor ^a   Merkle, Larry D ^a   Dubinskii, Mark ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LINES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IN-BAND PUMPING; LASER EFFICIENCY; LASER INTENSITIES; LASER MODELS; LASER PERFORMANCE; SATURATION EFFECTS; SPECTROSCOPIC FEATURES; STRONG PUMP;

ERBIUM; PUMPS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 80051764372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.000223     Document Type: Article

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