Picosecond thin disk regenerative amplifier

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5120, Issue , 2003, Pages 281-286

  Muller D ^a   Giesen, A ^a   Hugel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diode pumped laser; Regenerative amplifier; Solid state laser; Thin disk laser; Yb:YAG

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL PUMPING; SOLID STATE LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIERS; THIN DISK LASER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 1842480649     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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