Low-intensity-noise operation of Nd:YVO4 microchip lasers by pump-noise suppression

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 286-295

  Becher, Christoph ^a   Boller, Klaus J ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

ABSORBED RADIATION; LOW FREQUENCY INTENSITY NOISE; MICROCHIP LASERS; MODE CORRELATION EFFECTS; NONLINEAR GAIN SATURATION; PUMP NOISE SUPPRESSION; QUANTUM MECHANICAL LANGEVIN RATE EQUATION MODEL;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0033248054     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000286     Document Type: Article

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