Efficient continuous-wave thin disk laser operation of Yb: Ca 4YO(BO3)3 in E∥Z and E∥X orientations with 26 W output power

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1310-1314

  Kränkel, Christian ^a,b   Peters, Rigo ^a   Petermann, Klaus ^a   Loiseau, Pascal ^c   Aka, Gerard ^c   Huber, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; EFFICIENCY; POLARIZATION;

CONTINUOUS-WAVE LASER OPERATION; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; HIGH PULSE ENERGY; LARGE TUNING RANGE; OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA; OPTICAL-TO-OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; THIN-DISK LASERS;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 67849130681     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.001310     Document Type: Article

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