Improved Brightness Laser Oscillator with Spherical Aberration

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 425-427

  Kennedy, Chandler ^a  

^a Cutting Edge Optronics Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHERICS;

BEAMS QUALITY; EFFICIENT POWER; EIGEN MODES; G FACTORS; LASER OSCILLATORS; OSCILLATOR BEAM; POWER EXTRACTION; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS;

ABERRATIONS;

EID: 85135387073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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2. David C. Brown, "Nonlinear Thermal Distortion in YAG Rod Amplifiers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 34; 12, 2383-2392 (1998).
3. R. Martinez-Herrero, P. M. Mejias, N. Hodgson, and H. Weber, "Beam-Quality Changes Generated by Thermally-Induced Spherical Aberration in Laser Cavities," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 31; 12, 2173-2176 (1995).