Measurement of temperature-dependent absorption and emission spectra of Yb:YAG, Yb:LuAG, and Yb:CaF2 between 20 °c and 200 °c and predictions on their influence on laser performance

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2493-2502

  Koerner, Joerg ^a   Vorholt, Christian ^c   Liebetrau, Hartmut ^a   Kahle, Martin ^a,b   Kloepfel, Diethard ^a   Seifert, Reinhard ^a,b   Hein, Joachim ^a,b   Kaluza, Malte C ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE JENA   (Germany)

^c Fachhochschule Muenster   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION AND EMISSION SPECTRA; ABSORPTION AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; ACTIVE MEDIUM; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; EMISSION AND ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTION; EMISSION CROSS SECTION; LASER PERFORMANCE; LASER SETUPS; RADIATION TRAPPING; RECIPROCITY METHOD; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 84866396347     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.002493     Document Type: Article

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