Spatial beam cleanup of a Nd: YAG laser operating at 1.06 ॖm with two-wave mixing in Rh: BaTiO3

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 7788-7793

  Brignon, Arnaud ^a   Huignard, Jean Pierre ^a   Garrett, Mark H ^b,c   Mnushkina, Irina ^b  

^a THALES   (France)

^b Deltronic Crystal Industries Inc   (United States)

^c Nonlinear Photonics   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared sensitive photorefractive materials; Nd:YAG laser; Photorefractive effect; Rhodiumdoped barium titanate; Spatial beam cleanup; Two wave mixing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000735161     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007788     Document Type: Article

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