Efficient continuous-wave laser operation at 1064 nm in Nd:YVO4 cladding waveguides produced by femtosecond laser inscription

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 16801-16806

  Jia, Yuechen ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Vázquez De Aldana, Javier R ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL PUMPING; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

1064 NM; CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; CONTINUOUS-WAVE LASER OPERATION; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MULTI-MODE GUIDANCE; ND:YVO4; ND:YVO4 CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PUMPS; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84864143314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.016801     Document Type: Article

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