High-power scaling (>100 W) of a diode-pumped TEM 00 Nd:GdVO 4 laser system

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 621-625

  Minassian, A ^a   Thompson, B A ^a   Smith, G ^a   Damzen, M J ^a,b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Imperial College London ^*

^c Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diode pumped; MOPA; Nd:gdVO 4; Power scaling; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

DIODE-PUMPED; MOPA; ND:GDVO4; POWER-SCALING;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 27344456665     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.850594     Document Type: Article

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