Solid-state lasers at the stability limit: Constant beam properties over large power ranges

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 671-676

  Wyss, Eduard ^a   Graf, Thomas ^b   Weber, Heinz P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser beam distortion; Laser resonators; Laser stability; Laser thermal factors; Laser tuning; Neodymium:YAG lasers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; LASER RESONATORS; LASER TUNING; LENSES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; STABILITY;

LASER BEAM DISTORTION; LASER STABILITY; LASER THERMAL FACTORS; THERMAL LENS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 19344361813     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.845932     Document Type: Article

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