Nd:YAG/V:YAG microchip laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6190, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Šulc, Jan ^a   Jelínková, Helena ^a   Nejezchleb, Karel ^b   Škoda, Václav ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b Crytur Ltd   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diffusion bounding; Microchip laser; Nd:YAG; V:YAG

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION BOUNDING; MICROCHIP LASER; ND:YAG; V:YAG;

DIFFUSION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); NEODYMIUM LASERS; Q SWITCHING; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33749562377     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.663397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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