Design and performance of a high-average-power flashlamp-pumped Ti:sapphire laser and amplifier

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1850-1863

  Hoffstädt, Andreas ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a Elight Laser Systems GmbH   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Laser und Medizin Technologie GmbH   (Germany)

^d BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e Technische Fachhochschule ^*  (Germany)

^f IEEE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser amplifiers; Laser excitation; Light deflectors; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pulse shaping circuits; Pulsed lasers; Solid lasers; Titanium:sapphire lasers

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

LASER AMPLIFIERS; LASER EXCITATION; POWER LASERS; TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0031258361     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.631292     Document Type: Article

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