Innovative high-power CW Yb:YAG cryogenic laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6451, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Brown, D C ^a   Singley, J M ^a   Yager, E ^a   Kuper, J W ^a   Lotito, B J ^a   Bennett, L L ^a   Creek, Snake ^a  

^a Snake Creek Lasers LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

And beam quality; Output power; Slope and optical optical efficiencies

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION-COOLING DESIGN; OPTICAL-OPTICAL EFFICIENCIES; OUTPUT POWER; THIN DISKS; WALLPLUG EFFICIENCY; PUMP DIODES;

BEAM QUALITY; CRYOGENICS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HIGH POWER LASERS; SAPPHIRE; YTTERBIUM; DIFFRACTION; LASER RADIATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 35948945382     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.715178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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