Design of a high gain single stage and single pass Nd:YVO4 passive picosecond amplifier

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2339-2346

  Délen, Xavier ^a   Balembois, François ^a   Georges, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ENERGY TRANSFER;

CRYSTAL TEMPERATURES; DOPING CONCENTRATION; EMISSION CROSS SECTION; ENERGY TRANSFER UPCONVERSION; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; GAIN SATURATION; HIGH GAIN; HIGH GAIN AMPLIFIER; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIERS; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT PULSE; PEAK POWER; PICOSECONDS; PULSE DURATIONS; PUMPING WAVELENGTH; SINGLE PASS; SINGLE STAGE; SINGLE-STAGE CONFIGURATION; SMALL SIGNAL GAIN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

NEODYMIUM;

EID: 84866357314     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.002339     Document Type: Article

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