Diode-pumped 1 kW Q-switched Nd:YAG rod laser with high peak power and high beam quality

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4119-4122

  Furuta, Keisuke ^a   Kojima, Tetsuo ^a   Fujikawa, Shuichi ^a   Nishimae, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

BEAM QUALITY; DIODE STACKS; SLAB GEOMETRY; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 22144473631     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004119     Document Type: Article

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