Nonlinear thermal and stress effects and scaling behavior of YAG slab amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2393-2402

  Brown, David C ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LE Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Nd:YAG lasers; Nonlinear thermal and stress effects; Slab amplifiers; Slab lasers; Yb:YAG lasers

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STRESS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

NONLINEAR THERMAL DISTORTION; SLAB AMPLIFIERS; SLAB LASERS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0032302929     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.736114     Document Type: Article

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