Passive Q-switching of the Erbium:Glass Laser Using Er3+:CaF2

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 454-457

  Camargo, Marly B ^a,b   Stultz, Robert D ^a,c   Birnbaum, Milton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c Hughes Electro Optical Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Infrared and far infrared lasers; Optical properties of materials; Rare earth doped materials

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PUMPING (LASER); RARE EARTHS;

ERBIUM GLASS LASERS; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; INFRARED AND FAR-INFRARED LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; RARE EARTH DOPED MATERIALS;

FLUORSPAR;

EID: 85135268501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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