1.6 W of TEM00 cw output at 1.06 μm from Nd:CNGG laser end-pumped by a fiber-coupled diode laser array

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-180

  Mukhopadhyay, Pranab K ^a   Ranganathan, K ^a   George, Jogy ^a   Sharma, S K ^a   Nathan, T P S ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

End pumped; Fiber coupled diode laser array; Nd:CNGG; Solid state laser; Thermal lens

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FIBER LASERS; LENSES; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

THERMAL LENSING;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0037394412     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-3992(02)00168-8     Document Type: Article

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