All - Solid - State 12 watt CW and actively Q-switched Er:YAG laser operating at 1645 nm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5707, Issue , 2005, Pages 150-164

  Spariosu, K ^a   Leyva, V ^a   Reeder, R A ^a   Klotz, M ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE THRESHOLDS; DIODE PUMPING; THERMAL LENSING; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; GLASS; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 21844463527     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.611346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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