Neodymium:YAG 30-W cw laser side pumped by three diode laser bars

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2361-2364

  Du, Keming ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a,c,d   Quade, Michael ^a   Liao, Yan ^a,b   Falter, Stephan ^a   Baumann, Markus ^a   Loosen, Peter ^a   Poprawe, Reinhart ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Quantronix   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

OPTICAL TO OPTICAL EFFICIENCIES; PUMP POWER DEPOSITION; PUMPING CAVITY DESIGN;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 0032048346     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.002361     Document Type: Article

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