Beam Quality Management in Multi-Stage Side-Pumped Nd:YAG MOPA Laser Systems

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 220-225

  Qi, Yunxuan ^a   Zhao, Zhigang ^b   Liu, Chong ^a   Xiang, Zhen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

beam quality enhancement; master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA); Nd:YAG; side pumped; spherical aberration (SA) compensation

Indexed keywords

ASPHERICS; LASER BEAMS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PUMPING (LASER); QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WAVEFRONTS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIERS; ND: YAG; QUALITY ENHANCEMENT; SIDE-PUMPED; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS;

ABERRATIONS;

EID: 84948656278     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: 15584542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2327799     Document Type: Article

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