Ye Biqing, Ma Zhonglin. Improvement on directivity of high power segmented CW Nd:YAG laser[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 1980, 7(8): 11
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In the high power segmented CW Nd:YAG laser concave surfaces ground directly on laser rods have been employed to compensate the thermal focusing effect. We have obtained experimentally 100~150 watts output power in less than 10mrad from a laser of two Nd:YAG rods in series.