Improving the beam quality of a high power Yb:YAG rod laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6100, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Patel, Falgun D ^a   Harris, Dennis G ^a   Turner Jr , Charles E ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Yb:YAG laser

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; PHASE DISTORTIONS; PROPAGATION MODELS; ROD LASER; YB:YAG LASER;

ABERRATIONS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 33646203174     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.649358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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