Nd:YAG ring laser with 213 W linearly polarized fundamental mode output power

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7516-7519

  Frede, Maik ^a   Wilhelm, Ralf ^a   Kracht, Dietmar ^a   Fallnich, Carsten ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; LASER BEAMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

LASER RODS; LINEAR POLARIZATION; WAVE DIRECTION;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 25144492344     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007516     Document Type: Article

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