High power CW red VECSEL with linearly polarized TEM00 output beam

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-81

  Hastie, Jennifer E ^a   Calvez, Stephane ^a   Dawson, Martin D ^a   Leinonen, Tomi ^b   Laakso, Antti ^b   Lyytikäinen, Jari ^b   Pessa, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MONOCHROMATORS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOPHOTONICS; HEATSPREADERS; VERTICAL EXTERNAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VECSEL); VISIBLE LASERS; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 13544274369     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000077     Document Type: Article

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