Characterisation of nonlinear conversion and crystal quality in Nd- And Yb-doped YAB

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5922-5930

  Dekker, Peter ^a   Dawes, Judith M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FREQUENCIES; LASER OPTICS; NEODYMIUM; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; YTTERBIUM;

CRYSTAL QUALITY; LASER MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS, FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE MATCHING;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 10444263821     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005922     Document Type: Article

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