Efficient Nd:YAG laser end pumped by a 20-W diode-laser bar

Optics Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 869-871

  Clarkson, W A ^a   Hanna, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LASER MODES; LASER RESONATORS; LENSES; MIRRORS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

BEAM SHAPER; END PUMPING; LASER OUTPUT POWERS; PUMP RESHAPING AND FOCUSING SCHEME;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0030165167     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.21.000869     Document Type: Article

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