High-efficiency 60 W TEM00 Nd:YVO4 oscillator pumped at 888 nm

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 3297-3299

  McDonagh, Louis ^a   Wallenstein, Richard ^a   Knappe, Ralf ^b   Nebel, Achim ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b Lumera Laser GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER-COUPLED DIODES; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; VANADATE CRYSTALS;

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 33845539150     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.003297     Document Type: Article

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