Compact high-Power ceramic slab laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5777, Issue PART I, 2005, Pages 369-372

  Lapucci, A ^a   Ciofini, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceramic lasers; DPSS lasers; High Power Solid State lasers; Slab lasers

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EXTRACTION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

CERAMIC LASERS; DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE (DPSS) LASERS; HIGH POWER SOLID STATE LASERS; SLAB LASERS;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 22944464935     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.611036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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