READ ME File For 'Dataset for: 60-W 946nm cryogenically cooled Nd:YAG laser' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D0875 Readme Author Silvia Cante/ Optoelectronics Research Centre/ s.cante@soton.ac.uk This dataset supports the publication: '60-W 946nm cryogenically cooled Nd:YAGlaser' in Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics. This dataset contains: Data supporting the paper Absorption_cross_section.xlsx : Spectra for several different temperatures for Nd:YAG around 870nm Absorption_peaks.xlsx : Peak cross section, bandwidth and central wavelength values versus Temperature for Nd:YAG around 870nm Absorption_efficiency.xlsx : Absorption efficiency vs absorbed power for the developed DLA Laser_BQ.xlsx : Beam quality of the cryo-cooled laser for different axes and output powers Pump_BQ.xlsx : Beam quality of the developed DLA Pump_chirp.xlsx: Measured chirp of the developed DLA for different output powers Slope_efficiency.xlsx: Slope efficiency vs absorbed power of the cryo-cooled laser For tabular data, definitions of column headings and row labels, data codes (including missing data) and measurement units (or embed those in the tabular file) All the necessary information is contained in the files Date of data collection: 2018 - 2019 Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton (B46), U.K. Licence: None Related projects: Deep UV high-value manufacturing laser instruments