400 W Yb:YAG Innoslab fs-amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12230-12245

  Russbueldt, P ^a   Mans, T ^a   Rotarius, G ^a   Weitenberg, J ^b   Hoffmann, H D ^a   Poprawe, R ^a,b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; HIGH POWER DIODE LASER; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; OSCILLATOR AMPLIFIER; QUASI-THREE LEVEL LASERS; REPETITION RATE; YTTERBIUM-DOPED LASER;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 67749118118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012230     Document Type: Article

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