407 W end-pumped multi-segmented Nd:YAG laser

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 10140-10144

  Kracht, Dietmar ^a   Wilhelm, Ralf ^a   Frede, Maik ^a   Dupré, Klaus ^b   Ackermann, Lothar ^b  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b FEE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

LASER OUTPUT POWER; LONGITUDINAL PUMPING; YAG ROD;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 28944433423     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010140     Document Type: Article

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