1-kW CW thin disc laser

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 650-657

  Stewen, Christian ^b   Contag, Karsten ^a   Larionov, Mikhail ^b   Giesen, Adolf ^b   Hügel, Helmut ^b  

^a Forschungsgesellschaft F S   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; CRYSTALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH POWER LASERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE LASER; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OPTIMAL LASER DESIGN; THIN DISC LASER;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0034217263     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.883380     Document Type: Article

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