Development of high quality single crystal diamond for novel laser applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7838, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Friel, Ian ^a   Geoghegan, Sarah L ^a   Twitchen, Daniel J ^a   Scarsbrook, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a ELEMENT SIX LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption; Birefringence; Diamond; Laser materials; Raman lasers; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

CVD DIAMOND; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH QUALITY SINGLE CRYSTALS; LASER MATERIALS; LASER TECHNOLOGIES; NEW HIGH; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; RAMAN LASERS; RECENT PROGRESS; SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASER; SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

ABSORPTION; BIREFRINGENCE; DIAMONDS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TERRORISM;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 78649844296     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.864981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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