Ho:YLF & Ho:LuLF slab amplifier system delivering 200 mJ, 2 μm single-frequency pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 13974-13979

  Strauss, H J ^a   Koen, W ^a   Bollig, C ^a   Esser, M J D ^a   Jacobs, C ^a   Collett, O J P ^a   Preussler, D R ^a  

^a Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLMIUM; PUMPING (LASER); RING LASERS;

AMPLIFIER SYSTEMS; END-PUMPED; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; SLAB LASERS;

YLF LASERS;

EID: 79960483157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.013974     Document Type: Article

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