A study of laser-induced damage in PPLN

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4679, Issue , 2002, Pages 312-320

  Titterton, D H ^a   Terry, J A C ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal damage; Diode pumped Nd:YAG; Mid IR; OPO; PPLN; Slab

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SOLID STATE LASERS;

NON-LINEAR MATERIALS;

LASER DAMAGE;

EID: 0036033204     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461695     Document Type: Article

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