Design and implementation of a TW-class high-average power laser system

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 395-405

  Durfee III, Charles G ^b,c,d,e   Backus, Sterling ^b   Murnane, Margaret M ^a,b   Kapteyn, Henry C ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser amplifiers; Laser thermal factors; Pulsed lasers; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; DOPING (ADDITIVES); PERFORMANCE; SAPPHIRE; TITANIUM;

LASER AMPLIFIERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0032025146     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.686747     Document Type: Article

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