Continuous-wave, all-solid-state, single-frequency 400-mW source at 589 nm based on doubly resonant sum-frequency mixing in a monolithic lithium niobate resonator

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 4891-4896

  Vance, Joseph D ^a   She, Chiao Yao ^b   Moosmüller, Hans ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

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EID: 0000792450     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.004891     Document Type: Article

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