High-power, diode edge-pumped, single-crystal Yb:YAG / ceramic YAG composite microchip Yb:YAG laser for material processing

2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1088-1090

  Tsunekane, Masaki ^a   Dascalu, Traian ^a   Taira, Takunori ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CERAMIC YAG; UNDOPED CERAMICS;

DIODES;

EID: 30944467060     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/cleo.2005.202033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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