Multi-watt laser operation and laser parameters of Ho-doped Lu2O3 at 2.12μm

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1447-1456

  Koopmann, Philipp ^a,b   Lamrini, Samir ^b   Scholle, Karsten ^b   Schäfer, Michael ^b   Fuhrberg, Peter ^b   Hube, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b LISA laser products OHG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; HOLMIUM COMPOUNDS; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS;

ABSORBED PUMP POWER; ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; MAXIMUM EMISSIONS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 84862238795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.001447     Document Type: Article

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