The promise of cryogenic solid-state lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 587-599

  Brown, David C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Snake Creek Lasers LLC   (United States)

^c OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d SPIE ^*  (United States)

^e NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^f LASER INSTITUTE OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (United States)

^h AAAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic laser; Diode pumped laser; Solid state laser; Yb:YAG laser

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC LASER; DIODE-PUMPED LASER; OPTICAL DISTORTION; YB:YAG LASER;

CRYOGENICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; HIGH POWER LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 27344459834     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.850237     Document Type: Article

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