100 W TEM00 Operation of Yb:YAG Thin Disc Laser with High Efficiency

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 296-299

  Karszewski, M ^a   Brauch, U ^b   Contag, K ^a   Erhard, S ^a   Giesen, A ^a   Johannsen, I ^b   Stewen, C ^a   Voss, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Forschungsgesellschaft fuer   (Germany)

Author keywords

(140.3480) Lasers, diode pumped; (140.3580) Lasers, solid state; fundamental mode; high power with high efficiency

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; PUMPING (LASER); YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

(140.3480) LASER, DIODE-PUMPED; (140.3580) LASER, SOLID-STATE; ELECTRICAL-TO-OPTICAL; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGH POWER; HIGH POWER WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LASER-DIODE-PUMPED; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; THIN-DISK LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 85135350738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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