Medium-power diode-pumped Nd:BaY2F8 laser

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1149-1155

  Agnesi, Antonio ^a   Guandalini, Annalisa ^a   Lucca, Andrea ^a   Sani, Elisa ^b   Toncelli, Alessandra ^b   Tonelli, Mauro ^b   Dell'Acqua, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Bright Solutions Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BANDWIDTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBER OPTICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

LASER CRYSTALS; OPTICAL QUALITY; THERMAL FRACTURE; THERMAL LENSING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0347001932     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001149     Document Type: Article

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