Ultrahigh-average power solid-state laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4760, Issue I, 2002, Pages 491-505

  Vetrovec, John ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active mirror; Beam quality; Disk laser; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DISK LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0036444504     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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