Results and scaling laws of thin disk lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5332, Issue , 2004, Pages 212-227

  Giesen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

High power laser; Solid state laser; Thin disk laser; Ultra short pulse amplification

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; THIN DISK LASERS; ULTRA-SHORT PULSE AMPLIFICATIONS;

AMPLIFICATION; BEAM LEAD DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; HIGH POWER LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 4344566025     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.547973     Document Type: Conference Paper

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