Power scaling of directly dual-end-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser using grown-together composite crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 7407-7414

  Li, Xudong ^a   Yu, Xin ^a   Chen, Fei ^a   Yan, Renpeng ^a   Iuo, Ming ^a   Yu, Junhua ^a   Chen, Deying ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PULSE REPETITION RATE; Q SWITCHING;

A-O Q-SWITCH; ABSORBED PUMP POWER; COMPOSITE CRYSTAL; DIRECT PUMPING; OUTPUT POWER; POWER-SCALING; REPETITION RATE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 77950212432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.007407     Document Type: Article

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