Design Criteria for Concentration Optimization in Scaling Diode End-Pumped Lasers to High Powers: Influence of Thermal Fracture

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 234-239

  Chen, Y F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; Diode end pumped lasers; Dopant concentration; Thermal fracture

Indexed keywords

HIGH POWER LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING;

THERMAL FRACTURE; THERMAL SHOCK PARAMETERS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0033079799     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.740746     Document Type: Article

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