Quantitative Pump-Induced Wavefront Distortions in Laser-Diode- and Flashlamp-Pumped Nd:YLF Laser Rods

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-386

  Skeldon, Mark D ^a,b,c   Saager, Rolf B ^a,c   Seka, Wolf ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser diode pumping; Thermal distortions; Thermal relaxation; Xenon flashlamp pumping

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; XENON;

ASTIGMATISM; DEFOCUS; THERMAL RELAXATION; XENON FLASHLAMP PUMPING;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0033097879     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.748844     Document Type: Article

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