Diode pumped passively Q-switched nanosecond Raman laser on BaWO 4 crystal converter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5036, Issue , 2002, Pages 582-587

  Jelínková, Helena ^a,b   Černý, Pavel ^a   Šulc, Jan ^a   Jabczyński, Jan Karol ^b   Zendzian, Waldemar ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE

Author keywords

BaWO4 crystal; Diode pumped Raman laser; Raman laser

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTIMIZATION;

RAMAN LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 19244373525     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.498638     Document Type: Conference Paper

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