Intracavity pumped nanosecond optical parametric oscillator emitting in the eye-safe range

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 4334-4340

  Dabu, Razvan ^a   Fenic, Constantin ^a   Stratan, Aurel ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OSCILLATIONS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SIGNAL PULSES;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0038785944     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.004334     Document Type: Article

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