High power diode pumped alkali vapor lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7005, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zweiback, J ^a   Krupke, B ^b  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b WFK Lasers LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali lasers; Diode pumped alkali lasers; Potassium; Rubidium

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ABSORPTION; BANDWIDTH; DC GENERATORS; DIODES; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POTASSIUM; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PUMPS; RUBIDIUM; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ALEXANDRITE LASERS; ALKALI LASERS; DIODE PUMPED ALKALI LASERS; DIODE PUMPING; GENERAL ATOMICS; HIGH POWERS; HIGH-BRIGHTNESS; HIGH-POWER LASERS; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; LASER DIODES; PUMP CHARACTERISTICS; PUMP SOURCES; SCALABLE ARCHITECTURES; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; VAPOR LASERS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 50249134142     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.782704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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