115-W Tm: YAG diode-pumped solid-state laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1592-1600

  Honea, Eric C ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Beach, Raymond J ^{a,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Sutton, Steven B ^a,g,m,n   Speth, Joel A ^a,g,o,p,q,r   Mitchell, Scott C ^a,g,s   Skidmore, Jay A ^a,g,t   Emanuel, Mark A ^a,u,v,w,x   Payne, Stephen A ^a,f,y,z,aa  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^e NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^f OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g TRW Space and Electronics ^*

^h UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

ⁱ Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^j Physics Department   (France)

^k Lawrence Livermore Natl Laboratory

^l LLNL Laser Program   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o San Jose City College   (United States)

^p University of Utah ^*  (United States)

^q University of California   (United States)

^r Advanced Lasers and Components Group   (United States)

^s Moorpark College   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

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

^w AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^x McDonnell Douglas Optoelectronics C   (United States)

^y BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Laser measurements; Laser thermal factors; Lasers; Rare earth materials devices

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; GARNETS; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; THERMAL STRESS; THULIUM;

DIODE PUMPED LASERS; THERMAL LENSING;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0031237985     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.622641     Document Type: Article

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