Design and comparison of composite rod crystals for power scaling of diode end-pumped Nd:YAG lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 8229-8236

  Wilhelm, Ralf ^a   Freiburg, Denis ^a   Frede, Maik ^a   Kracht, Dietmar ^a   Fallnich, Carsten ^b  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HEAT CONDUCTION; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

COUPLED LASER DIODES; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; FOURIER-BESSEL BASIS; HEAT CONDUCTION EQUATIONS; HIGH POWER DIODE END-PUMPING; LASER OUTPUT POWER; LONGITUDINAL PUMPING; OPTICAL-TO-OPTICAL EFFICIENCY;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 66449106067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008229     Document Type: Article

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