Compound parabolical concentrator as pumping device for solid state solar lasers

Laser heads based on two and three dimensional nonimaging concentrators were built and tested. The ray tracing and experimental results for concentrators illuminated by imaging primary concentrators are presented. These concentrators are currently used for pumping of solid state lasers of five hundred watts of laser power.

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