106.5 W high beam quality diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG laser at 1123 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 7923-7928

  Chaoyang, Li ^a   Yong, Bo ^a   Feng, Yang ^a   Zhichao, Wang ^a   Yiting, Xu ^a   Yuanbin, Wang ^a   Hongwei, Gao ^a   Qinjun, Peng ^a   Dafu, Cui ^a   Zuyan, Xu ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUMPING (LASER);

COATING DESIGNS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CONVEX STRUCTURE; DIODE SIDE PUMPED; GOOD BEAM QUALITY; HIGH BEAM QUALITY; OPTICAL-OPTICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; UNSTABLE CAVITY;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 77950906314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.007923     Document Type: Article

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