Slab-geometry Nd:glass laser performance studies
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 7 (9), 405-407
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.7.000405
Abstract
Slab-geometry solid-state lasers potentially provide significant performance improvements relative to conventional rod-geometry lasers. We have used a Nd:glass laser test-bed facility to verify the predicted slab-configuration advantages.Keywords
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