Efficient corner-pumped Yb:YAG/YAG composite slab laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3806-3810

  Gong, Mali ^a   Lu, Fuyuan ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Gong, Wupeng ^a   Li, Chen ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER RESONATORS; LENSES; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER);

CHAMFERS; COMPOSITE SLAB LASER; GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS; PUMP ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33746070063     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.003806     Document Type: Article

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