Thin-disk Yb:YAG oscillator-amplifier laser, ASE and effective Yb: YAG lifetime

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 993-1005

  Antognini, Aldo ^a   Schuhmann, Karsten ^b   Amaro, Fernando D ^c   Biraben, François ^d   Dax, Andreas ^e   Giesen, Adolf ^b   Graf, Thomas ^f   Hänsch, Theodor W ^a   Indelicato, Paul ^d   Julien, Lucile ^d   Kao, Cheng Yang ^g   Knowles, Paul E ^h   Kottmann, Franz ⁱ   Le Bigot, Eric ^d   Liu, Yi Wei ^g   Ludhova, Livia ^h   Moschüring, Niels ^a   Mulhauser, Françoise ^h   Nebel, Tobias ^a   Nez, François ^d   Rabinowitz, Paul ^j   Schwob, Catherine ^d   Taqqu, David ⁱ   Pohl, Randolf ^a   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b Technologiegesellschaft für Strahlwerkzeuge mbH TGSW   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^e Yale University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^g NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

ⁱ PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^j PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE); Collins integral; Diode pumped laser; Effective Yb: YAG lifetime; Multipass amplifier; Oscillator; Prelasing; Q switch; Thermal lens; Thin disk laser

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; COLLINS INTEGRAL; DIODE PUMPED LASERS; MULTIPASS AMPLIFIERS; Q-SWITCHES; THERMAL LENS; THIN-DISK LASERS; YAG;

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; Q SWITCHING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; YTTERBIUM;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 77949875293     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2014881     Document Type: Article

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