Optimised design for a 1 kJ diode pumped solid state laser system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8080, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mason, Paul D ^a   Ertel, Klaus ^a   Banerjee, Saumyabrata ^a   Phillips, P Jonathan ^a   Hernandez Gomez, Cristina ^a   Collier, John L ^a  

^a Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Cryogenic; Diode pumped; DPSSL; Yb:YAG

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER DESIGNS; AMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGIES; BUILDING BLOCKES; CENTRAL LASER FACILITIES; CERAMIC; DIODE PUMPED; DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE LASER; DPSSL; GAS-COOLED; INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY; NANOSECOND PULSE; PROTOTYPE VERSIONS; REPETITION RATE; SYSTEM-BASED;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; CRYOGENICS; DIODES; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HIGH POWER LASERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 79960521162     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.892317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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