Heating measurements in diode-end-pumped Nd:YVO4 lasers

Optical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1100-1105

  Peng, X ^a   Asundi, A ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Xiong, Z ^a  

^a Photonics Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode end pumping; Laser interferometer; Solid state laser; Thermal effects

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIODES; INFRARED DEVICES; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOMETERS;

DIODE-END-PUMPED SOLID STATE LASER; INFRARED THERMOMETRIC TECHNIQUE; LASER INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUE; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE; THERMAL LENSING POWER;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0035358960     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1365105     Document Type: Article

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