Laser oscillation in hot pressed 10% Yb3+:Lu2O 3 ceramic

Optical Materials

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 670-674

  Sanghera, Jasbinder ^a   Kim, Woohong ^a   Baker, Colin ^a   Villalobos, Guillermo ^a   Frantz, Jesse ^a   Shaw, Brandon ^a   Lutz, Austin ^a   Sadowski, Bryan ^b   Miklos, Robert ^b   Hunt, Michael ^c   Kung, Frederic ^c   Aggarwal, Ishwar ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Global Strategies Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser materials; Lutetia ceramic; Oxides; Polycrystalline; Ytterbium doping

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; HOT PRESSING; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

CO-PRECIPITATED; LASER MATERIALS; LASER OSCILLATIONS; LUTETIA; OPTICAL-TO-OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OUTPUT POWER; POLYCRYSTALLINE; YTTERBIUM DOPING;

YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80052970424     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2010.09.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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