Design of a triangular reflector for diode-pumped solid-state lasers with both high absorption efficiency and homogeneous absorption distribution

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 720-727

  Wang, You ^a   Kan, Hirofumi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K K   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorption efficiency; DPSSL; Homogeneous absorption distribution; Slit thickness and width; Triangular reflector

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASERS (DPSSL); HOMOGENEOUS ABSORPTION DISTRIBUTIONS; TRIANGULAR REFLECTORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 33748927103     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/8/9/002     Document Type: Article

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