Asymmetric beam shaping of a diode-bar laser for multipass pumping of a thin-crystal laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2121-2128

  Jeffries, Bryn ^a   Coutts, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LASER BEAMS; LENSES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PUMPING (LASER);

ASYMMETRIC BEAM SHAPING; MULTIPASS PUMPING; THIN CRYSTAL LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 28244449247     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002121     Document Type: Article

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