Diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser producing 122-W CW power at 1.319 μm

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 751-756

  Inoue, Yoko ^a,b   Fujikawa, Shuichi ^a,c,d,e  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^d Adv Technol R and D Center   (Japan)

^e Japan Society of Apllied Physics   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCAL LENGTH; NONRADIATIVE TRANSITIONS; POWER LASERS; THERMAL LENSING;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ETALONS; HEAT LOSSES; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT; NEODYMIUM LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033726647     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.845733     Document Type: Article

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