An Efficient Diode-Pumped Nd:YAG Laser With 451 W of CW IR and 182 W of Pulsed Green Output

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 300-304

  Chang, Jim J ^a   Dragon, Ernie P ^a   Ebbers, Chris A ^a   Bass, Isaac L ^a   Cochran, Curt W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared and far infrared lasers; Nonlinear optics; Rare earth solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

DIODES; EFFICIENCY; INFRARED DEVICES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSED LASERS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; DIODE PUMPED ND: YAG; INFRARED AND FAR-INFRARED LASERS; LASER PUMPS; ND:YAG LASER; OPTICAL-TO-OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PUMP CHAMBERS; RARE-EARTH SOLID-STATE LASER; RARE-EARTHS; SOLID-STATE LASERS;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 85135304190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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