Continuous-wave trio upconversion laser
- 17 September 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 57 (12), 1182-1184
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.103520
Abstract
We report operation of what we believe is the first continuous-wave laser which relies exclusively on cooperative upconversion by coupled ion trios to achieve population inversion.Keywords
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