Continuous-Wave All-Solid-state Laser Operation of Cr4+: Forsterite and Cr4+:Ca2Ge4

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 100-102

  Evans, J M ^a   Petricevic V ^a   Bykov, A B ^a   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

diode pumped; Lasers; solid state; tunable

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIODE AMPLIFIERS; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER LASERS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ALL SOLID-STATE LASERS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; CR: FORSTERITE; DIODE-PUMPED; FORSTERITES; LASER OPERATIONS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; SOLID-STATE; TUNABLE LASER OPERATIONS; TUNABLES;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84893893509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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