Thermal effects in high-power end-pumped lasers with elliptical-mode geometry

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 636-642

  Paschotta, Rüdiger ^a   Aus Der Au, Jürg ^a   Keller, Ursula ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER MODES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); THERMAL EFFECTS;

CYLINDRICAL ROD GEOMETRY; ELLIPTICAL MODE GEOMETRY; END PUMPED LASERS; LASER CAVITY DESIGN; THERMAL LENSING;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 0342903106     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.883378     Document Type: Article

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