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Appl. Opt.

• J. T. Hunt, J. A. Glaze, W. W. Simmons, and P. A. Renard, “Suppression of self-focusing through low-pass spatial filtering and relay imaging,” Appl. Opt.17(13), 2053–2057 (1978). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• C. A. Haynam, P. J. Wegner, J. M. Auerbach, M. W. Bowers, S. N. Dixit, G. V. Erbert, G. M. Heestand, M. A. Henesian, M. R. Hermann, K. S. Jancaitis, K. R. Manes, C. D. Marshall, N. C. Mehta, J. Menapace, E. Moses, J. R. Murray, M. C. Nostrand, C. D. Orth, R. Patterson, R. A. Sacks, M. J. Shaw, M. Spaeth, S. B. Sutton, W. H. Williams, C. C. Widmayer, R. K. White, S. T. Yang, and B. M. Van Wonterghem, “National Ignition Facility laser performance status,” Appl. Opt.46(16), 3276–3303 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. Express

• J. Akiyama, Y. Sato, and T. Taira, “Laser demonstration of diode-pumped Nd3+-doped fluorapatite anisotropic ceramics,” Appl. Phys. Express4(2), 022703 (2011). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

• W. E. Martin and D. Milam, “Direct measurement of gain recovery in a saturated Nd-glass amplifier,” Appl. Phys. Lett.32(12), 816–818 (1978). [CrossRef]

Electron. Lett.

• M. Kanskar, T. Earles, T. J. Goodnough, E. Stiers, D. Botez, and L. J. Mawst, “73% CW power conversion efficiency at 50W from 970nm diode laser bars,” Electron. Lett.41(5), 245–247 (2005). [CrossRef]

Energy Convers. Manage.

• E. I. Moses, “The National Ignition Facility (NIF): A path to fusion energy,” Energy Convers. Manage.49(7), 1795–1802 (2008). [CrossRef]

Fusion Eng. Des.

• H. Matsui, T. Eguchi, T. Kanabe, M. Yamanaka, M. Nakatsuka, Y. Izawa, and S. Nakai, “Conceptual design of a laser diode-pumped Nd:glass slab laser driver for inertial fusion energy,” Fusion Eng. Des.44(1-4), 401–405 (1999). [CrossRef]

Fusion Sci. Technol.

• T. M. Anklam, A. M. Dunne, W. R. Meier, S. Powers, and A. J. Simon, “LIFE: the case for early commercialization of fusion energy,” Fusion Sci. Technol.60, 66–71 (2011).
• M. Dunne, E. I. Moses, P. Amendt, T. Anklam, A. Bayramian, E. Bliss, B. Debs, R. Deri, T. D. De La Rubia, B. El-Dasher, J. C. Farmer, D. Flowers, K. J. Kramer, L. Lagin, J. F. Latkowski, J. Lindl, W. Meier, R. Miles, G. A. Moses, S. Reyes, V. Roberts, R. Sawicki, M. Spaeth, and E. Storm, “Timely delivery of laser inertial fusion energy (LIFE),” Fusion Sci. Technol.60, 19–27 (2011).
• A. Bayramian, S. Aceves, T. Anklam, K. Baker, E. Bliss, C. Boley, A. Bullington, J. Caird, D. Chen, R. Deri, M. Dunne, A. Erlandson, D. Flowers, M. Henesian, J. Latkowski, K. Manes, W. Molander, E. Moses, T. Piggott, S. Powers, S. Rana, S. Rodriguez, R. Sawicki, K. Schaffers, L. Seppala, M. Spaeth, S. Sutton, and S. Telford, “Compact, efficient laser systems required for laser inertial fusion energy,” Fusion Sci. Technol.60, 28–48 (2011).
• A. Bayramian, P. Armstrong, E. Ault, R. Beach, C. Bibeau, J. Caird, R. Campbell, B. Chai, J. Dawson, C. Ebbers, A. Erlandson, Y. Fei, B. Freitas, R. Kent, Z. Liao, T. Ladran, J. Menapace, B. Molander, S. Payne, N. Peterson, M. Randles, K. Schaffers, S. Sutton, J. Tassano, S. Telford, and E. Utterback, “The Mercury Project: A high average power, gas-cooled laser for inertial fusion energy development,” Fusion Sci. Technol.52, 383–387 (2007).

Fusion Sci.Technol.

• J. F. Latkowski, R. P. Abbott, S. Aceves, T. M. Anklam, A. W. Cook, J. DeMuth, L. Divol, B. El-Dasher, J. C. Farmer, D. Flowers, M. Fratoni, T. Heltemes, J. Kane, K. J. Kramer, R. Kramer, A. Lafuente, G. A. Loosmore, K. R. Morris, G. A. Moses, B. Olson, C. Pantano, S. Reyes, M. Rhodes, R. Sawicki, H. Scott, M. Tabak, and S. Wilks, “Chamber design for LIFE,” Fusion Sci.Technol.60, 54–60 (2011).

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

• W. E. Martin and D. Milam, “Gain saturation in Nd:doped laser materials,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron.18(7), 1155–1163 (1982). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.

• D. C. Brown, “The promise of cryogenic solid-state lasers,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.11(3), 587–599 (2005). [CrossRef]
• T. Y. Fan, D. J. Ripin, R. L. Aggarwal, J. R. Ochoa, B. Chann, M. Tilleman, and J. Spitzberg, “Cryogenic Yb3+-doped solid-state lasers,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.13(3), 448–459 (2007). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

• P. Crump, H. Wenzel, G. Erbert, P. Ressel, M. Zorn, F. Bugge, S. Einfeldt, R. Staske, U. Zeimer, A. Pietrzak, and G. Trankle, “Passively cooled TM polarized 808-nm laser bars with 70% power conversion at 80-W and 55-W peak power per 100- µm stripe width,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.20(16), 1378–1380 (2008). [CrossRef]

Int. J. Appl. Glass Sci.

• J. H. Campbell, J. S. Hayden, and A. Marker, “High-power solid-state lasers: a laser glass perspective,” Int. J. Appl. Glass Sci.2(1), 3–29 (2011). [CrossRef]

Int. J. Refrig.

• K. A. Manske, D. T. Reindl, and S. A. Klein, “Evaporative condenser control in industrial refrigeration systems,” Int. J. Refrig.24, 676–691 (2001). [CrossRef]

J. Am. Ceram. Soc.

• A. Ikesue, T. Kinoshita, K. Kamata, and K. Yoshida, “Fabrication and optical properties of high-performance polycrystalline Nd:YAG ceramics for solid-state lasers,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc.78(4), 1033–1040 (1995). [CrossRef]

J. Appl. Phys.

• S. A. Payne, L. D. DeLoach, L. K. Smith, W. L. Kway, J. B. Tassano, W. F. Krupke, B. H. T. Chai, and G. Loutts, “Ytterbium-doped apatite-structure crystals: a new class of laser materials,” J. Appl. Phys.76(1), 497–503 (1994). [CrossRef]
• L. M. Frantz and J. S. Nodvik, “Theory of pulse propagation in a laser amplifier,” J. Appl. Phys.34(8), 2346–2349 (1963). [CrossRef]

J. Cryst. Growth

• K. I. Schaffers, J. B. Tassano, A. B. Bayramian, and R. C. Morris, “Growth of Yb: S-FAP [Yb3+: Sr5(PO4)3F] crystals for the mercury laser,” J. Cryst. Growth253(1-4), 297–306 (2003), doi: , http://apex.jsap.jp/link?APEX/4/022703/ . [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

• L. D. DeLoach, S. A. Payne, L. K. Smith, W. L. Kway, and W. F. Krupke, “Laser and spectroscopic properties of Sr5(PO4)3F:Yb,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B11(2), 269–276 (1994). [CrossRef]
• A. C. Erlandson, G. F. Albrecht, and S. E. Stokowski, “Model predicting the temperature dependence of the gain coefficient and the extractable stored energy density in Nd:phosphate glass lasers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B9(2), 214–222 (1992). [CrossRef]
• J. Dong, M. Bass, and C. Walters, “Temperature-dependent stimulated-emission cross section and concentration quenching in Nd3+-doped phosphate glasses,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B21(2), 454–457 (2004). [CrossRef]
• J. Dong, M. Bass, Y. Mao, P. Deng, and F. Gan, “Dependence of the Yb3+ emission cross section and lifetime on temperature and concentration in yttrium aluminum garnet,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B20(9), 1975–1979 (2003). [CrossRef]

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

• J. Kawanaka, N. Miyanaga, T. Kawashima, K. Tsubakimoto, Y. Fujimoto, H. Kubomura, S. Matsuoka, T. Ikegawa, Y. Suzuki, N. Tsuchiya, T. Jitsuno, H. Furukawa, T. Kanabe, H. Fujita, K. Yoshida, H. Nakano, J. Nishimae, and M. NakatsukaK. Ueda and K. Tomabechi, “New concept for laser fusion energy driver by using cryogenically-cooled Yb:YAG ceramic,” J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.112, (2008), doi:. [CrossRef]

Nucl. Fusion

• C. D. Orth, S. A. Payne, and W. F. Krupke, “A diode pumped solid state laser driver for inertial fusion energy,” Nucl. Fusion36(1), 75–116 (1996). [CrossRef]

Opt. Eng.

• O. Morice, “Miro: Complete modeling and software for pulse amplification and propagation in high-power laser systems,” Opt. Eng.42(6), 1530–1541 (2003). [CrossRef]

Opt. Mater.

• A. Ikesue, Y. L. Aung, T. Yoda, S. Nakayama, and T. Kamimura, “Fabrication and laser performance of polycrystal and single crystal Nd:YAG by advanced ceramic processing,” Opt. Mater.29(10), 1289–1294 (2007). [CrossRef]
• Y. Sato, J. Akiyama, and T. Taira, “Effects of rare-earth doping on thermal conductivity in Y3Al5O12 crystals,” Opt. Mater.31(5), 720–724 (2009). [CrossRef]

Proc. SPIE

• D. M. Pennington, D. Milam, and D. Eimerl, “Gain saturation studies in LG-750 and LG-770 amplifier glass,” Proc. SPIE3047, 630–642 (1997).
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