25-W diode-pumped continuous-wave quasi-three-level Nd:YAG thin disk laser

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 98, Issue , 2005, Pages 593-597

  Speiser, J ^a   Giesen, A ^a   Gao, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ETALONS; LASER OPTICS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PUMPING (LASER);

CONTINUOUS-WAVE POWER; LASER POWERS; ND:YAG THIN DISK LASER; QUASI-THREE-LEVEL TRANSITIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33645219142     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2005.593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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