20-J diode-pumped zig-zag slab laser with 2-GW peak power and 200-W average power

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 98, Issue , 2005, Pages 578-582

  Kawashima, T ^a   Kurita, T ^a   Matsumoto, O ^a   Ikegawa, T ^a   Sekine, T ^a   Miyamoto, M ^a   Iyama, K ^a   Kan, H ^a   Tsuchiya, Y ^a   Yasuhara, R ^b   Miyanaga, N ^b   Nakatsuka, M ^b   Izawa, Y ^b   Furukawa, H ^c  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; PUMPING (LASER);

BEAM QUALITY; DIODE BARS; MULTI-PASS LASER ARCHITECTURE; SLAB LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33645215266     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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