Nikiforov
Vladimir O.
D.Sc., Prof.
doi: 10.17586/2226-1494-2015-15-6-1000-1007
PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF THE DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASER FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS
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For citation: Arkhipov D.A., Venglyuk V.I., Derevyanko V.A., Egorov M.S., Rezunkov Yu.A., Stepanov V.V. Performance optimization of the diode-pumped solid-state laser for space applications. Scientific and Technical Journal of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, 2015, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1000–-1007.
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Acknowledgements. We ought to thank Prof. L.A. Gubanova from ITMO University (Saint Petersburg) for useful discussions on the paper subject and for recommendations on optical coating of the laser slab.
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