High-power diffraction-limited Nd:YVO4 lasers at 1.34 μm with compact resonators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4969, Issue , 2003, Pages 58-69

  Di Lieto, Alberto ^a,c   Minguzzi, Paolo ^a   Magni, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CW lasers; Diode pumped lasers; Laser resonators; Neodymium:solid lasers

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PUMPING (LASER); SPECTROSCOPY;

OUTPUT POWER;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0242578623     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.499279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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