Spatial and polarization properties of the output beam of an ytterbium-erbium laser with transverse diode pumping

Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 311-314

  Ryabtsev, G I ^a   Bogdanovich, M V ^a   Enzhievskii A I ^a   Parashchuk, V V ^a   Burov, L I ^b   Shchemelev, M A ^b   Ryabtsev, A G ^b   Mashko, V V ^a   Teplyashin, L L ^a   Kraskovskii A S ^c  

^a B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

^b BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^c OAO Peleng   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

GLASS LASER; LASER RADIATION; LASER-DIODE ARRAYS; TRANSVERSE DIODE PUMPING; YTTERBIUM-ERBIUM LASER;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 33745892889     PISSN: 10709762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOT.73.000311     Document Type: Article

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