High average power diamond Raman laser

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 913-922

  Feve, Jean Philippe M ^a   Shortoff, Kevin E ^a   Bohn, Matthew J ^a   Brasseur, Jason K ^a  

^a Directed Energy Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; PUMPS; SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS;

ANTI-REFLECTION; BREWSTER CUT; CRYOGENIC OPERATIONS; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; NORMAL INCIDENCE; OUTPUT POWER; PUMP WAVELENGTH; RAMAN GAIN COEFFICIENTS; RAMAN LASERS; RAMAN OSCILLATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

PULSED LASERS;

DIAMOND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; OSCILLOMETRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DIAMOND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; OSCILLOMETRY;

EID: 78751546095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000913     Document Type: Article

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