Efficient continuous–wave frequency doubling of a tunable CO2 laser in AgGaSe2

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1882-1888

  Tochitsky, S Ya ^a   Petukhov, V O ^a   Gorobets, V A ^a   Churakov, V V ^a   Jakimovich, V N ^b  

^a B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Cw CO2 laser; Damage threshold; Nonlinear crystals; Second harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001470570     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.001882     Document Type: Article

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