Diode arrays, crystals, and thermal management for solid-state lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-81

  Payne, Stephen A ^a   Beach, Raymond J ^a   Bibeau, Camille ^a   Ebbers, Christopher A ^a   Emanuel, Mark A ^a   Honea, Eric C ^a   Marshall, Christopher D ^a   Page, Ralph H ^a   Schaffers, Kathleen I ^a   Skidmore, Jay A ^a   Sutton, Steven B ^a   Krupke, William F ^a  

^a Biology and Biotechnology Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT; HIGH POWER LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER);

DIODE ARRAYS; LASER GLASS; PUMP LIGHT DELIVERY; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; WAVELENGTHS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0031069526     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.585817     Document Type: Article

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