Lasing in diode-pumped thulium and thulium, holmium YAP

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Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 319-325

  Elder, I F ^a   Payne, M J P ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diode lasers; Infrared and far infrared lasers; Rare earth and transition metal solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

DIODES; HOLMIUM; INFRARED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; THULIUM;

CW LASING; DIODE-LASER; DIODE-PUMPED; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INFRARED AND FAR-INFRARED LASERS; LASINGS; RARE-EARTH AND TRANSITION METAL SOLID-STATE LASERS; W LASERS; YAP CRYSTALS;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 85135276106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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