Longitudinal temperature distribution in an end-pumped solid-state amplifier medium: Application to a high average power diode pumped Yb:YAG thin disk amplifier

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6033-6041

  Bourdet, Gilbert L ^a   Yu, Haiwu ^a,b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CRYOGENICS; DIODES; ONE DIMENSIONAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; YTTERBIUM ALLOYS; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURE; END-PUMPED SOLID-STATE AMPLIFIER MEDIUM; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; YB:YAG THIN DISK AMPLIFIER;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 35948973543     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.006033     Document Type: Article

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