Highly efficient pumping configuration for microchip solid-state laser

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 670-677

  Dascalu, T ^a,b,c   Taira, T ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; PUMPING (LASER); THERMAL EFFECTS;

PUMP OPTICS; SLOPE EFFICIENCY; UNIFORMITY COEFFICIENT; YB:YAG/YAG;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 31144458889     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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