Compact scalable diode-pumped Nd:YAG ceramic slab laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 33, 2004, Pages 6174-6179

  Ciofini, Marco ^a   Lapucci, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DOPING (ADDITIVES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PUMPING; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BEAM PARAMETER PRODUCTS (BPP); BEAM QUALITY; DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE (DPSS) LASERS; THERMAL DISTORTIONS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 10444276514     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.006174     Document Type: Article

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