High power Q-switched TEM00 mode diode-pumped solid state lasers with > 30W output power at 355nm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6100, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wang, Charles X ^a   Wang, Gary Y ^a   Hicks, Acle V ^a   Dudley, David R ^a   Pang, Henry Y ^a   Hodgson, Norman ^a  

^a Research and Development Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode pumped; Laser; LBO; Nd:YAG; Nd:YVO 4; Ultraviolet. Q switched; Vanadate

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; POWER GENERATION; Q SWITCHING; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIODE-PUMPED; HOLE DRILLING; LBO; ND:YAG; ND:YVO 4; ULTRAVIOLET. Q-SWITCHED; VANADATE;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 33646167653     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.659288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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