On Yb:CaF2 and Yb:SrF2: Review of spectroscopic and thermal properties and their impact on femtosecond and high power laser performance [Invited]

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 489-502

  Druon, Frédéric ^a   Ricaud, Sandrine ^a,d   Papadopoulos, Dimitris N ^a,b   Pellegrina, Alain ^a,b   Camy, Patrice ^c   Doualan, Jean Louis ^c   Moncorgé, Richard ^c   Mottay, Antoine Courjaud ^d   Georges, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d AMPLITUDE SYSTÈMES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; FEMTOSECONDS; HIGH-POWER; LASER PERFORMANCE; STRONTIUM FLUORIDE;

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; HIGH POWER LASERS; STRONTIUM; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 84858212841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.000489     Document Type: Review

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