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A low threshold, room temperature 1.64 µm Yb: Er: Y 3 Al 5 O 12 waveguide laser

Shepherd et al., 1994

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18204051228093081170
Author
Shepherd D
Hanna D
Large A
Tropper A
Warburton T
Borel C
Ferrand B
Pelenc D
Rameix A
Thony P
Auzel F
Meichenin D
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Journal of applied physics

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Room temperature 1.64 µm laser operation of Yb: Er: Y 3 Al 5 O 12 has been achieved using a planar waveguide grown by liquid phase epitaxy. A comparatively low threshold of 17 mW was achieved for this transition indicating low waveguide propagation loss for this material …
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