High average power thin rod Yb:YAG regenerative amplifier

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 94, Issue , 2004, Pages 251-254

  Kawato, Sakae ^a   Fukuda, Masaaki ^a   Hata, Kazuhiro ^a   Takasaki, Shingo ^a   Kobayashi, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROMACHINING; PUMPING (LASER); QUENCHING; YTTERBIUM;

EXCITED STATE (ES); LASER PROCESSING; LASER SOURCES; PUMP ENERGY;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 8744288434     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2004.251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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