Tunable high-repetition-rate visible solid-state lasers based on intracavity frequency doubling of Cr:forsterite

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1718-1723

  Diettrich, Jan C ^a   McKinnie, Iain T ^b   Warrington, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Division of Coherent Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING; PUMPING (LASER); SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

INFRARED LASER; INFRARED SPECTRAL REGIONS; NARROW BAND SYSTEMS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0033342678     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.798097     Document Type: Article

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