Intracavity frequency-doubled femtosecond Cr4+: Forsterite laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1957-1960

  Liu, Tzu Ming ^a   Tai, Shi Peng ^a   Sun, Chi Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE LASERS; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; LASER PULSES; SOLID STATE LASERS; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS;

DOUBLING CRYSTALS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 0000793018     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001957     Document Type: Article

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