Continuous-wave ultraviolet generation at 320 nm by intracavity frequency doubling of red-emitting Praseodymium lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3282-3287

  Richter, A ^a   Pavel, N ^a   Heumann, E ^a   Huber, G ^a   Parisi, D ^b   Toncelli, A ^b   Tonelli, M ^b   Diening, A ^c   Seelert, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LASER CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR MEDIUM; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; RED-EMITTING PRASEODYMIUM LASERS;

ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

EID: 33645814028     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003282     Document Type: Article

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