Diode array pumped kilowatt laser

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-58

  St Pierre, Randall J ^b,c,d,e   Mordaunt, David W ^{b,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m}   Injeyan, Hagop ^a,b,d,n   Berg, Jacqueline G ^b,d   Hilyard, Rodger C ^b   Weber, Mark E ^b   Wickham, Michael G ^b   Harpole, George M ^b,d   Senn, Robert ^b  

^a IEEE

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Laser Res Department of the Sensors   (United States)

^f WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^j Hughes Aircraft Laser Sensors Lab   (United States)

^k Stratonics Inc   (United States)

^l Laser Research Department

^m OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

ⁿ RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Frequency conversion; Laser amplifiers; Needymium:YAG lasers; Optical phase conjugation; Pulsed lasers

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

DIFFUSION BONDING; DIODE ARRAY PUMPED KILOWATT LASER; LASER AMPLIFIERS; PULSED LASERS; SHORT PULSE DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031071772     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.585814     Document Type: Article

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