High-efficiency, room-temperature nanosecond Yb:YAG laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 19887-19893

  Siebold, M ^a   Loeser, M ^a   Schramm, U ^a   Koerner, J ^b   Woif, M ^b   Hellwing, M ^b   Hein, J ^b   Ertel, K ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics   (Germany)

^c Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; EXTRACTION; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PUMPING (LASER); TEMPERATURE; YTTERBIUM;

CRYOGENIC COOLING SYSTEM; DIODE PUMPED LASERS; DIODE-PUMPED; EFFICIENCY LIMITATIONS; EXTRACTION BEAM; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL-TO-OPTICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; OPTICAL-TO-OPTICAL EFFICIENCY;

OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS;

ALUMINUM; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET; YTTRIUM-ALUMINUM-GARNET;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; YTTRIUM;

EID: 70749152322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.019887     Document Type: Article

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