Efficient high-average-power operation of Q-switched cryogenic Yb:YAG laser oscillator

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 50-52, 2005, Pages

  Tokita, Shigeki ^a   Kawanaka, Junji ^a   Fujita, Masayuki ^b   Kawashima, Toshiyuki ^c   Izawa, Yasukazu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diode pumped laser; High power laser; Low temperature; Q switched laser; Yb:YAG

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

DIODE-PUMPED LASERS; HIGH-POWER LASERS; LOW TEMPERATURES; Q-SWITCHED LASERS; YB:YAG;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 31844441361     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.44.L1529     Document Type: Article

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