Multi-watt, high efficiency, diffraction-limited Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 493-500

  Mackenzie, Jacob I ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Shepherd, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lasers; Nd:YAG; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0037339464     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.808158     Document Type: Article

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