Advances in high power harmonic generation: Q-switched lasers with electronically adjustable pulse width

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6100, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Eyres, Loren A ^a   Morehead, James J ^a   Gregg, Jeffrey ^a   Richard, Derek J ^a   Grossman, William ^a  

^a JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode pumped solid state; Gain insensitivity; Harmonic generation; Intra cavity frequency conversion; Lasers; Nd:YAG; Q switching; Stability; Variable pulse width

Indexed keywords

DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE; GAIN INSENSITIVITY; INTRA-CAVITY FREQUENCY CONVERSION; ND:YAG; VARIABLE PULSE WIDTH;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER PULSES; OPTIMIZATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; STABILITY;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 33646186759     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.661034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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