Compact multipass Nd:YVO4 slab laser amplifier based on a hybrid resonator

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1061-1065

  Ma, Zhe ^a,b   Li, Daijun ^c   Shi, Peng ^a   Hu, Peixin ^a   Wu, Nianle ^b   Du, Keming ^a  

^a EdgeWave GmbH   (Germany)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

HYBRID RESONATOR; PULSE ENERGY; PULSE MODELS; SLAB LASER AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34250746428     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001061     Document Type: Article

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