High pulse energy mid-infrared laser source

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5989, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Rustad, Gunnar ^a   Nicolas, Stephane ^a   Nordseth, Ømulf ^a,b   Arisholm, Gunnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

High pulse energy; Infrared lasers; Optical parametric oscillator; Two step conversion

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

HIGH PULSE ENERGY; MASTER-OSCILLATOR/POWER-AMPLIFIER (MOPA); TWO-STEP CONVERSION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33644525892     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.629870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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