The mercury laser system - An average power, gas-cooled, Yb:S-FAP based system with frequency conversion and wavefront correction

Journal De Physique. IV : JP

Volumn 133, Issue , 2006, Pages 797-803

  Bibeau, C ^a   Bayramian, A ^a   Armstrong, P ^a   Ault, E ^a   Beach, R ^a   Benapfl, M ^a   Campbell, R ^a   Dawson, J ^a   Ebbers, C ^a   Freitas, B ^a   Kent, R ^a   Liao, Z ^a   Ladran, T ^a   Menapace, J ^a   Molander, B ^a   Moses, E ^a   Oberhelman, S ^a   Payne, S ^a   Peterson, N ^a   Schaffers, K ^a   Stolz, C ^a   Sutton, S ^a   Tassano, J ^a   Telford, S ^a   Utterback, E ^a   Randles, M ^b   Chai, B ^c   Fei, Y ^c   more..

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Crystal Photonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LASERS; PLASMA DIODES; PUMPING (LASER); WAVEFRONTS; YTTERBIUM;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIODE ARRAYS; MERCURY LASERS; YB:S-FAP AMPLIFIERS;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 33749371226     PISSN: 11554339     EISSN: 17647177     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006133161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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