Continuous wave waveguide lasers of swift argon ion irradiated Nd:YVO 4 waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 24252-24257

  Yao, Yicun ^a   Dong, Ningning ^a,b   Chen, Feng ^a   Pang, Lilong ^c   Wang, Zhiguang ^c   Lu, Qingming ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL PUMPING; WAVEGUIDES;

ARGON ION; CONTINUOUS WAVE; CONTINUOUS WAVES; LASER OSCILLATIONS; LOW THRESHOLDS; OPTICAL PUMPS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; WAVEGUIDE LASERS;

ARGON LASERS;

ARGON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ARGON; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 82055186625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.024252     Document Type: Article

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