Multiwatt diode pumped thin disc Yb:YAG laser tunable between 1016 and 1062 nm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3176, Issue , 1997, Pages 341-344

  Karszewski, Martin ^a   Brauch, Uwe ^b   Contag, Karsten ^a   Giesen, Adolf ^a   Johannsen, Ingo ^b   Stewen, Christian ^a   Voss, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diode pumped; High power; Thin disc laser; Tunability; Yb:YAG

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATORS; DIODES; LASERS; POWER QUALITY; PUMPING (LASER); YTTERBIUM;

DIFFRACTION LIMITEDS; HIGH POWER; MULTIWATT; OPTICAL EFFICIENCIES; OUTPUT POWERS; THIN DISC LASER; TUNABILITY; YB:YAG; YB:YAG LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0343861770     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.293472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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