Variable-Configuration Resonator (VCR) with Three Diode-Laser End-Pumped Nd:YAG Rods

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 370-375

  Graf, Th ^a   Macdonald, M P ^a   Balmer, J E ^a   Weber, R ^a   Weber, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Infrared and far infrared lasers; Laser resonators

Indexed keywords

INFRARED LASERS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); STABILITY; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

DIODE-LASER; END-PUMPED; HIGH POWER; INFRARED AND FAR-INFRARED LASERS; MATERIALS CONSTANTS; MAXIMUM PUMP POWER; ND:YAG ROD; POWER RANGE; SCALEABLE; SOLID-STATE LASERS;

RESONATORS;

EID: 85135478614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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