Cr2+:ZnSe master oscillator/power amplifier for improved power scaling

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7578, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Berry, Patrick A ^a   Schepler, Kenneth L ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mid IR lasers; Solid state lasers; Transition metal lasers

Indexed keywords

CW-LASER; HIGH-POWER; MASTER OSCILLATORS; MID-IR LASERS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POWER-SCALING; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRANSITION-METAL LASERS;

AMPLIFICATION; CHROMIUM; LASERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRANSITION METALS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 77951759289     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.858798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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