Diode Pumped Room Temperature Mid-Infrared Erbium Laser

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 154-156

  Bowman, S R ^a   Searles, S K ^a   Jenkins, N W ^a   Qadri, S B ^a   Skelton, E F ^a   Ganem, Joseph ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON OPTICS; ERBIUM; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

DIODE-PUMPED; ERBIUM LASER; MIDINFRARED; ROOM-TEMPERATURE OPERATION; TRIVALENTS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 85134779355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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