Design of end-pumped thin rod Yb:YAG laser amplifiers

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 42, Issue 5 A, 2003, Pages 2705-2710

  Kawato, Sakae ^a   Kobayashi, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diode pumped solid state laser amplifier; End pumping; Quasi four level laser; Thin rod; Yb:YAG

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; GAIN MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL PUMPING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PULSE AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

QUASI-FOUR-LEVEL-LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0038042598     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.42.2705     Document Type: Article

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