Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 5, 0514001(2022)

Design and Thermal Effect Analysis of LD Pumped Er,Yb∶glass Slab Multi-pass Amplifier

Kexin Zhang1,2, Kaixin Wang1,2, and Chunqing Gao1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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    Kexin Zhang, Kaixin Wang, Chunqing Gao. Design and Thermal Effect Analysis of LD Pumped Er,Yb∶glass Slab Multi-pass Amplifier[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(5): 0514001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Aug. 3, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 8, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 8, 2022

    The Author Email: Gao Chunqing (gao@bit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.0514001

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