Thermal lensing of edge-pumped slab lasers-I

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-418

  Chen, B ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Simmons, J ^a   Chung, T Y ^a   Bass, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); GARNETS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PUMPING (LASER); YTTERBIUM; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIODE PUMP; SLAB LASERS; STRESS GRADIENTS; THERMAL LENSING;

LASERS;

EID: 32044436723     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-005-2089-6     Document Type: Article

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