Laser-diode pumped 40-W YbiYAGceramic laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 17734-17738

  Hao, Qiang ^a   Li, Wenxue ^a   Pan, Haifeng ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyi ^a   Jiang, Benxue ^b   Pan, Yubai ^b   Zeng, Heping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

AVERAGE POWER; CONTINUOUS WAVES; INCIDENT PUMP POWER; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LASER-DIODE-PUMPED; OUTPUT COUPLERS; PIGTAILED LASER DIODE; POLYCRYSTALLINE;

LASER MIRRORS;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID STATE LASER;

CERAMICS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349679295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.017734     Document Type: Article

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