Continuous-wave laser generation at ∼2.1 μm in Ho:KRE(WO 4)2 (RE = Y, Gd, Lu) crystals: A comparative study

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 25279-25289

  Jambunathan, Venkatesan ^a   Mateos, Xavier ^a,b   Pujol, Maria Cinta ^a   Carvajal, Joan Josep ^a   Díaz, Francesc ^a   Aguiló, Magdalena ^a   Griebner, Uwe ^b   Petrov, Valentin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIODE-PUMPED; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LASER PERFORMANCE; LASER TRANSITION; OUTPUT POWER; PUMP SOURCES; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

PUMPING (LASER);

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS;

EID: 82955181205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.025279     Document Type: Article

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