Diode-pumped 100-W green Nd:YAG rod laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3732-3737

  Yi, Jonghoon ^a   Moon, Hee Jong ^b   Lee, Jongmin ^c  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CAVITY RESONATORS; CRYSTALS; FIBER LASERS; IONS; LASER BEAMS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NEODYMIUM; PUMP LININGS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SLITTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GREEN POWER; MONOLOTHIC DIFFUSIVE REFLECTORS; PUMP POWER; THERMAL LENSING; Z-SHAPED CAVITIES;

LASERS;

EID: 3042720043     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003732     Document Type: Article

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