Optical extraction model and optimal outcoupling for a CW Quasi-three level thin disk laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7912, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Copeland, Drew A ^a  

^a Aqwest LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Optical extraction; Optimization; Quasi three level laser; Thin disk laser

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED PUMP POWER; AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CW-LASER; EXACT ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; EXPLICIT EQUATIONS; GAIN MEDIUM; KINETICS MODELS; LASER INTENSITIES; LASER OUTPUT POWER; LASER WAVES; MIRROR LOSS; OPTIC AXIS; OPTICAL EXTRACTION; PARABOLIC REFLECTOR; PLANE WAVE; PUMP ABSORPTION; PUMP BEAMS; PUMP POWER; PUMP WAVES; QUASI-THREE LEVEL LASER; REINJECTION; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; THIN DISK LASER; THIN-DISK LASERS; THRESHOLD PUMP POWER; TRANSCENDENTAL EQUATIONS; UP-CONVERSION; YAG;

ABSORPTION; EFFICIENCY; EXCITED STATES; EXTRACTION; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS; RESONATORS; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 79954560350     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.876052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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