Compact and efficient DPSS laser using diamond-cooled technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5448, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 550-560

  Chou, H P ^a   Wang, Yu Lin ^a   Hasson, Victor ^a,b  

^a 2004 Textron Systems Corporation   (United States)

^b TREX ENTERPRISES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam Quality; Diamond Cooling; Diode Pumped Solid State Laser; Disk Solid State Laser; Q switched

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; DIAMOND COOLING; DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS; DISK SOLID STATE LASERS; Q-SWITCHED;

COOLING; GAIN CONTROL; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 11844295428     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.548427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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