Dual-rod Yb: YAG laser for high-power and high-brightness applications

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 42-47

  Honea, Eric C ^a   Beach, Raymond J ^a   Mitchell, Scott C ^a   Skidmore, Jay A ^a   Emanuel, Mark A ^a   Sutton, Steven B ^a   Payne, Stephen A ^a   Avizonis, Petras V ^b   Monroe, Robert S ^b   Harris, Dennis G ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; PUMPING (LASER); YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

BEAMS QUALITY; DIODE ARRAYS; DIODE-PUMPED; DUAL RODS; HIGH BRIGHTNESS; HIGH POWER; OPTICAL-OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; Q-SWITCHED; YAG ROD; YB:YAG LASER;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85134616561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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