Power Scaling in a Diode-End-Pumped Multisegmented Nd:YVO4 Laser With Double-Pass Power Amplification

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 226-231

  Huang, Yu Jen ^a   Zhuang, Wei Zhe ^a   Su, Kuan Wei ^a   Chen, Yung Fu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diode pumped laser; high power laser; master oscillator power amplifier; multisegmented laser crystal

Indexed keywords

DIODE AMPLIFIERS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HIGH POWER LASERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

DIODE PUMPED LASERS; DOPING CONCENTRATION; DOUBLE PASS CONFIGURATION; FOURIER EIGENFUNCTIONS; LASER CRYSTALS; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIER SYSTEMS; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER AMPLIFICATION;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 84948688653     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: 15584542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2336541     Document Type: Article

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