An efficient high-power 946 nm Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-306

  MacKenzie, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

946NM LASERS; DOUBLE-CLAD; GAIN MEDIUM; HIGH-POWER; ND : YAG LASERS; ND: YAG; OPTICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OUTPUT POWER; PLANAR WAVEGUIDE LASERS; POWER-SCALING; THREE-LEVEL;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LASERS; NEODYMIUM; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 70350400249     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-009-3693-7     Document Type: Article

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