High power diode-pumped 2.7–μm Er3+:Y2O3 laser with nearly quantum defect-limited efficiency

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 105, 2011, Pages A1082-A1087

  Sanamyan, T ^a   Kanskar, M ^b   Xiao, Y ^b   Kedlaya, D ^b   Dubinskii, M ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Alfalight Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM;

BULK CRYSTALLINE; CERAMIC LASERS; DIODE-PUMPED; HIGH-POWER; LASER MATERIALS; POWER INCREASE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 80052709711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.0A1082     Document Type: Article

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