Double-end-pumped 11-W Nd: YVO4 cw laser at 1342 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2129-2133

  Yao, Ai Yun ^a   Hou, Wei ^a   Kong, Yu Peng ^a   Guo, Lin ^a   Wu, Ling An ^a   Li, Rui Ning ^a   Cui, Da Fu ^a   Xu, Zu Yan ^a   Bi, Yong ^b   Zhou, Yi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LENSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION;

DOUBLE END PUMPING; INCIDENT PUMP POWER; THERMAL LENS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 28244493981     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002129     Document Type: Article

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