27-W average output power with 1.2*DL beam quality from a single-rod Nd:YAG laser with phase-conjugating SBS mirror

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 372-377

  Ostermeyer, Martin ^a,b   Heuer, Axel ^a,c   Menzel, Ralf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Fundamental mode; Phase conjugation; SBS; Solid state laser; TEM 00

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

PHASE CONJUGATING MIRRORS (PCM); STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING (SBS);

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0031996990     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.658737     Document Type: Article

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