Direct measurement of upper laser level population dynamics in a laser-diode side-pumped Ho:Tm:YLiF4 2μm laser

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Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 240-244

  Braud, A ^a   Yu, J ^b   Petros, M ^b   Barnes, N ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; ENERGY TRANSFER; GROUND STATE; PROBES; PUMPING (LASER);

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GROUND STATE DEPLETIONS; LASER CRYSTALS; LASER LEVEL; LASER TRANSITION; LASER-DIODE SIDE-PUMPED; LEVEL POPULATIONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PUMP PROBE; PUMP-PROBE EXPERIMENTS;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 85051817541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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