Efficient, tunable near-infrared solid-state dye laser with good beam quality

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5707, Issue , 2005, Pages 217-226

  Russell, Jeffrey A ^a   Pacheco, Dennis P ^a   Aldag, Henry R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Birefringent filter; Diode pumped; Oxazine 725 and modified PMMA; Solid state dye laser; Tunable

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FLASHLIGHTS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER RESONATORS; LASER THEORY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

BEAM QUALITY; BIREFRINGENT FILTERS (BRF); DIODE-PUMPED; OXAZINE 725 AND MODIFIED PMMA; SOLID-STATE DYE LASERS (SSDL); TUNABLE;

DYE LASERS;

EID: 21844435986     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.601019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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