High-power diode-pumped solid-state lasers

Optical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bowman, Steven R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode pumping; Rare earth; Solid state laser materials

Indexed keywords

DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE LASER; DIODE-PUMPING; HIGH-POWER SYSTEMS; LASER ARCHITECTURE; LASER MATERIALS; POWER-SCALING; SOLID STATE LASER MATERIALS;

ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; RARE EARTHS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 84879566858     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.52.2.021012     Document Type: Article

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