Design of End-Pumped Double Cladding Nd:YAG Planar Waveguide Laser Amplifier

Wang Juntao; Wang Xiaojun; Zhou Tangjian; Wang Dan; Tong Lixin; Hu Hao; Gao Qingsong

doi:10.3788/cjl201542.0102009

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