Nonlinear mirror mode-locking of efficiently diode-pumped pulsed neodymium lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1236-1242

  Agnesi, Antonio ^a   Dell'Acqua, Stefano ^a   Reali, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LASER MODE LOCKING; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

GROUP VELOCITY MISMATCH (GVM); NONLINEAR MIRRORS (NLM);

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0033244291     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001236     Document Type: Article

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