Thermal lens shaping in Brewster gain media: A high-power, diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1426-1436

  Rimington, N W ^a   Schieffer, S L ^a   Schroeder, W Andreas ^a   Brickeen, Brian K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; LASER RESONATORS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; THERMOANALYSIS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

BREWSTER GAIN MEDIA; DIODE-PUMPED; SPATIAL BEAM QUALITY; THERMAL LENS;

LENSES;

EID: 2942752325     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.001426     Document Type: Article

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