Diode-end-pumped double Nd:YLF slab laser with high energy, short pulse width, and diffraction-limited quality

Optics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1708-1710

  Li, Daijun ^a   Ma, Zhe ^b   Haas, Rüdiger ^a   Schell, Alexander ^a   Zhu, Peng ^b   Shi, Peng ^a   Du, Keming ^a  

^a EdgeWave GmbH   (Germany)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; YLF LASERS;

DIFFRACTION LIMITED; DIFFRACTION-LIMITED BEAMS; DIODE END-PUMPED; HIGH REPETITION RATE; LITHIUM TRIBORATE; Q-SWITCHED PULSE; REPETITION RATE; SHORT PULSE WIDTH;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 49349092342     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.001708     Document Type: Article

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